Much better than I was waiting .

Rating: 8/10 (13 January 2007)

"Over the Hedge" was one of the few good animated movies of the 2006. Inspired in the comic strip of Michael Fry and T .Lewis ,it follows the adventures of a raccoon , RJ (Bruce Willis ) that was victim of his own ambition when he tries to steal the food of a bear . He not only misses it ,but also the bear see him when he was stealing the food ,so he orders recover all his things or he will eat RJ .Desperate , RJ find a group of animals that doesn't know that his forest is now a neighborhood ,and that they aren't welcome . Soon ,he offers help them , without saying his secret intentions .The problems start when RJ starts to appreciate the other animals .
This movie works very well in many levels : the jokes are effective ,the humor is clever (of course ,some times it appeal to the slapstick )the characters are likable ,and funny ... the cast of voices was pretty good ,it wasn't only to use some famous names . Steve Carrell did a great job as Hammy . Worth watching .