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Over the Hedge

Over the Hedge (2006)

Get over it.

Release:2006
Runtime:1h 23m
Country:United States
Director:Karey Kirkpatrick, Tim Johnson
Language:English

Genre

AdventureAnimationComedy
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Keywords

Suburbian IdyllGarbageEntrapmentSquirrelGardenGrizzly BearvillainTurtle
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Over the Hedge rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.7/10· 200K votes
Rotten Tomatoes75%
Metacritic67%
TMDb6.595/10· 5K votes

With 75% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.7/10 on IMDb and 67/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Over the Hedge

A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that popped up while they were hibernating – and learns a lesson about family himself.

Cast of Over the Hedge

  • Bruce Willis

    Bruce Willis

    as RJ (voice)

  • Garry Shandling

    Garry Shandling

    as Verne (voice)

  • Steve Carell

    Steve Carell

    as Hammy (voice)

  • Wanda Sykes

    Wanda Sykes

    as Stella (voice)

  • William Shatner

    William Shatner

    as Ozzie (voice)

  • Nick Nolte

    Nick Nolte

    as Vincent (voice)

  • Thomas Haden Church

    Thomas Haden Church

    as Dwayne (voice)

  • Allison Janney

    Allison Janney

    as Gladys (voice)

  • Eugene Levy

    Eugene Levy

    as Lou (voice)

  • Catherine O'Hara

    Catherine O'Hara

    as Penny (voice)

  • Avril Lavigne

    Avril Lavigne

    as Heather (voice)

  • Omid Djalili

    Omid Djalili

    as Tiger (voice)

Over the Hedge facts

Budget
$80M
Box office
$343.4M

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • •Animal ensemble brings genuine humor and charm to adventure
  • •Forest and garbage themes cleverly satirize suburban consumer culture
  • •Cartoon turtle and supporting cast deliver memorable comedic moments

What the audience disliked

  • •Environmental messaging occasionally overtakes entertainment value
  • •Pacing stumbles in middle section during extended entrapment sequence

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