Average family fare

Rating: 5/10 (5 April 2008)

A nice family pick as long as you're not expecting it to be as good as Finding Nemo or Shrek. My favorite parts -- the nacho cheese mushroom cloud and "But I LUV the cookie!" Seriously, I'd like to point out the fact that so many of these animated features are using "Names" to do the voices rather than hiring professional voice-over artists who could, in most cases, do fantastically better than the stars paid the big bucks. For some reason, people want to "see" a known star be a cartoon. I don't get it. Mel Blanc is doing whirling dervishes in his grave. Don't get me wrong. I love Garry Shandling and Steve Carell, and they do a great job as turtle and squirrel, respectively. Especially Steve. And probably few could have imbued the necessary over-acting a possum needs in order to "play possum" than William Shatner. But I just can't help but wonder if they could've saved some money by dragging any teen girl from the street to sound better than Avril Lavigne. What happened? Lindsay Lohan in rehab and unavailable to do Bored Teen Chick? This cartoon has enough amusement factor to get you through it to the credits and as much staying power as the popcorn and Twizzlers you'd munch watching it.