Over The Top Average

Rating: 2/10 (13 October 2010)

Plot: A Raccoon accidentally destroyed all the food of a bear and made a deal to get it all back. He cheats some forest animals into entering a suburban area in order to help him get it together.
You'll love Over The Hedge if: You have a child. Yup! That's it that's the only good think I can think off. Insert the DVD in the DVD player, give your kid some chips or popcorn and relax. It will keep him relatively focused in the screen for an hour or so with its "funny" action sequences and cute animals.
You'll hate Over The Hedge if: You expect something more from an Animation film than using it as something to give your kid to watch. Over The Hedge has three major problems. First of all it is extremely predictable with typical cute animals, (that portray even more stereotypical characters), bad humans and your average and lame "emotional" and action scenes. Not only it is predictable but also you can start watching the movie after 40 minutes and still manage to catch up with its plot or lack off. Secondly the humor while good at times, won't exactly make you laugh not to mention that it takes a backseat because of the insane and over the top chases. Final big problem, the lack of character. Our little animal friends have names but I doubt that you will remember them after the movie ends. Shrek is the hard outside\soft inside witty ogre, Buzz Lightyear is the naively honorable, heroic guy and so on. You remember them, you know them and you love them. In this movie you won't even care if they die or not, especially the main protagonist. One final smaller flaw is the typical use of Superstars as voice actors. If they're doing their job OK, fine but here I would prefer some less popular but better voice actors than the annoying voice of Bruce Willis!
FINAL VERDICT: Kid Movie ONLY For Kids (1.7/10)
[+] Good for kids. Funny at times.
[-] Very forgettable characters. Funny, but not funny enough. The action scenes are bit over the top.
Also Check: Toy Story (1995) – Finding Nemo (2003) - Monsters Inc. (2001) – Shrek (2001)
P.S.: My purpose in all my IMDb Reviews is not to say "I like\don't like this movie" but to help you decide whether YOU will like it or not since everything is all about taste and expectations IMO...