"Now all that was left 'neath the bad-smelling sky was my ... Be careful which way you lean." The Lorax character prophetically warns the Once-ler in the movie that he should lean away from ...

When he learns of her wish to see a real tree, Ted seeks out the Once-ler, a ruined old businessman ... the land over the protests of the Lorax, Ted is inspired to undo the disaster.

To do so, he has to listen to a tale told by the Once-ler ... The Lorax avoids that cumbersome padded feeling associated with most Seuss-inspired longer features. Visually, the movie has a ...