Cute cartoon for little boys

Rating: 6/10 (27 June 2019)

While most cartoons feature cute and cuddly animals, Over the Hedge features a cast of scavenger animals on a quest for food. As anyone who's been visited by a racoon and his family knows, it's not ideal to have those types of animals hanging out near your home. So, when Bruce Willis the racoon, Steve Carell the squirrel, William Shatner the possum, Nick Nolte the bear, Wanda Sykes the skunk, and Eugene Levy the porcupine make their way into the suburbs, it's not going to be pleasant for the humans. Children may think squirrels are cute, but many homeowners know how devastating they can be. Garry Shandling gives voice to a turtle, who's not particularly menacing, but provides the slowness in contrast to everyone else's mania. As the title suggests, these animals are pushed "over the edge" in their quest for food, searching in an area they wouldn't normally go.
There are some cute jokes, like when Bruce Willis first recounts his discovery of how much waste suburbians produce, but keep in mind that this is a loud cartoon. Your nephews will probably like it much more than your nieces. If you sit through it with them, you'll also get to hear the memorable voices of Thomas Haden Church and Allison Janney, as well as a bit of dialogue from Avril Lavigne.