One of the top three recent animation works

Rating: 10/10 (10 May 2006)

Never mind the "messages", this is simply one of the best and most entertaining animated movies in recent times, up there with The Incredibles and Ice Age (the first one, not the aptly-named Meltdown). It is better than the other famous ones: the Shreks, the Toy Stories, the insects (Antz, Bug's Life). And surely better than Cars is going to be (a year's worth of trailers and I haven't laughed yet).
As soon as Over The Hedge was over, I wanted to see it again. Right away. So I could catch some more of the dialog that I missed.
Will Over The Hedge keep the kids happy? I imagine so, the few in attendance at the preview seemed to enjoy it.
Watch for Avril Lavigne as Heather the opossum... she's got another career if she wants it. A perfect foil to William Shatner as her father.