Fresh
The story has a loony, slapstick verve, and the star-studded voice work is uniformly entertaining.
Bruce Diones, New Yorker
Over the Hedge
Get over it.
2006 · 1h 24m · PG
Animation, Comedy, Family
Directed by
Tim Johnson
,
Karey Kirkpatrick
Overview
A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that popped up while they were hibernating – and learns a lesson about family himself.
Director and cast
- Tim Johnson Director
- Karey Kirkpatrick Director
- Bruce Willis as RJ (voice)
- Garry Shandling as Verne (voice)
- Steve Carell as Hammy (voice)
- Wanda Sykes as Stella (voice)
- William Shatner as Ozzie (voice)
- Nick Nolte as Vincent (voice)
- Thomas Haden Church as Dwayne (voice)
- Allison Janney as Gladys (voice)
- Eugene Levy as Lou (voice)
- Catherine O'Hara as Penny (voice)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
75%
Tomatometer
Rotten
If Over the Hedge aims solely to entertain, it does so in a way that's mildly amusing but mostly hackneyed. If it aims to instruct, it weakens its own argument with the plethora of product tie-ins.
Christy Lemire, Associated Press
Fresh
The final showdown, in which the critters tangle with security-rigged lawn flamingos and garden gnomes, would have made Rube Goldberg proud.
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
Fresh
An endearingly cheerful animated feature from DreamWorks.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Fresh
Over The Hedge is cute without being cutesy, satirical without being too cynical, and just a whole lot of fun.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
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