A wonderful movie. Could have been made by Pixar.

Rating: 9/10 (9 October 2006)

A boring afternoon. Must wait in that big mall from 1 to 5 before going back home. Shopping is fun, but shopping for 4 hours without money is plain boring. So, what will I do? Going to the theater, of course. SO let's see: X-men 3, Already seen. MI3, already seen. A Hilary Duff movie? No way! A animation movie made by Dreamworks? Why not.
But I have to say I wasn't expecting much from Dreamworks. Sure, they Made Shrek 1&2, which are excellent movie, but Madagascar was just boring, with childish animation and not-that-funny jokes.
Anyway, I went to see Over the hedge and I was laughing SO much, everybody else in the theater would have killed me (if there weren't only three to five people in the theater and they wasn't laughing as mush as me ) First, the characters are well-rounded, fleshed-out and extremely funny. The story is very good, with a good dose of humor mixed with small doses of criticism and pop-culture reference (but not too much). And when do you see a animated movie's character as emotionally complex as RJ ? In conclusion, it's a wonderful movie. The story is of Pixar-quality, but the animation are not quite at the level of Pixar (but Pixar is originally Canadian, so...oops, I think a little bit of patriotism slipped here. Sorry)but very good all-the-same.
The DVD's going out soon, so watch Over the Hedge. It really worth the price.