Not vintage Dreamworks, little immature but OK family movie

Rating: 6/10 (21 May 2006)

The premise was cute, a bunch of forest animals are getting squeezed out of their habitats because of a sprawling suburbia so a wily raccoon played by Bruce Willis helps the animals gather food for hibernation. The raccoon is collecting the food items from people's homes to pay back bear who threatens to kill him if the food isn't there in a week, so raccoon gets the help of the forest animals to complete this foraging task. Sort of like an Ice Age premise where the tiger is bad then turns good for sake of herd or family since the raccoon winds up saving the animals from a local exterminator played by Nick Nolte.
Great screenplay, Garry shandling as the turtle was the head of the group but was uninspiring as he is more talented than the role given. Bruce Willis was gentrified as the other characters, except the skunk who saved her scenes. The hammy character got laughs from the kids and adults as a hyperactive squirrel.
Sort of a Robin Hood theme of its OK to steal from the haves and give to the havenots which isn't the best lesson for the real youngsters, but the audience was rooting for the creatures all the way. The animation was top shelf as anything from Dreamworks.
In conclusion, I'd wait for a rental for this one as its a notch below the Incredibles and at least 2 notches below both Shreks.