Over the Hedge
A group of feisty forest critters awaken following the winter freeze to discover that not only has a new neighborhood cropped up during the cold months, but living in close proximity to humans may have its benefits in this computer-animated comedy-adventure for all ages featuring the voices of Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell, Wanda Sykes, Avril Lavigne, Eugene Levy, and William Shatner. Despite Verne the Turtle's (Garry Shandling) initial hesitance to breach the formidable foliage that has appeared on his doorstep since last fall, the arrival of fearless raccoon RJ (Willis) and revelation that their new human neighbors throw out enough food in one day to feed a whole forest lead the gang to consider taking the plunge and exploring the snack-filled suburbs. As Verne and RJ learn to work together in taking on their strange new surroundings, Stella the Skunk (Sykes), Hammy the Squirrel (Carrel), Heather the Opossum (Lavigne), and Heather's father, Ozzie (Shatner), join in on the fun by scavenging for Girl Scout cookies and attempting to scuttle past the pesky new suburbanites undetected. more..
Director: Tim Johnson
Starring: Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell, Wanda Sykes,William Shatner
If they were still making Looney Tunes, they'd look a lot like Over the Hedge.
It's very funny, and the little woodland critters that make up the cast are a kiddie-pleasing bunch.
The visual and verbal jokes are as bouncy and multilevel (hip height for adults, knee-slap-size for kids) as we have come, no doubt selfishly, to expect from DreamWorks.
This has to be the first children's film to weave a Grand Theft Auto joke into the script -- and like most things in the movie, it's pretty amusing.
The vividly animated film -- based on a comic strip by Michael Fry and T. Lewis -- has an appealing balance of comic bits and exhilarating action sequences.
Best Animated Film
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (2007)
Best Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Annie Awards (2007)
Best Animated Feature
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (2007)
Enzo Ghinazzi
Capri, Hollywood (2006)
Best Family Film
Indianapolis International Film Festival (2006)
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