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Over the Hedge : 4 of 5
5.21.2006 1:59 PM \| Link	This is definitely the kind of movie that makes me happy to own a few shares of DreamWorks stock! Sure, it's yet another talking animal film, but this one has a lot of heart, nice character designs (for the animals, anyway), and tons of laugh-out-loud moments, without being overly contemporary. The story is about a bunch of hibernating animals who wake up in the Spring to find a giant suburban development has been built while they slept. Of course, they have no idea what is is, but RJ the raccoon is there to show them how to steal food (and settle his personal debt with a hungry bear). I really enjoyed the different characters and their voice acting, even from actors I don't really care for. I'm not a Bruce Willis fan, but he actually "acted" for the part of RJ, making me forget who was doing the acting. I also can't stand Wanda Sykes, but she was perfect as Stella the skunk! At first I didn't really care for Hammy the squirrel (it seems too easy and tired to do a hyper-speed kind of character), but he turned out to be downright hilarious, and even provides the film's funniest moment, when he moves so fast that the world "freezes" around him. It's a fantastic bit of animation, without dialogue, and I was falling out of my chair laughing just watching it! My only complaint is the design of the human characters was a little creepy - if they had just gone a little more cartoony they could have satisfied me. But I can't complain for long, since I laughed more in this movie than anything I've seen in months! Labels: movies


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