| Show Hedges through the competition I Stacie Peart Movie Staff writer Since the release of their hit Sheek Animation has taken on the Disney monopoly of animated animated animated ani ani- ani- ani mated family film genre Over The Hedge is latest animated feature film giving giving giving ing humans a look at what animals animals animals ani ani- mals think of our lifestyle Over The Hedge like its predecessors infuses social satire that gets adults laughing while also keeping them sane during g an animated film Not all kids will understand every j joke ke but they will find the characters characters characters char char- charming and the slapstick slapstick slapstick slap slap- stick comedy to their liking J Over Oyer The Hedge also fea- fea tares the voice voice talents of of a stellar stel stel stellar lar ensemble Bruce Willis and Gary head up the cast as the pseudo-leader pseudo and ands Sales dales s leader of a group of animals that unknowingly live in a small patch of forest smack dab dabin dabin dabin in the middle of suburbia While Willis and Sh received top billing Steve Carell's The year 40 Old Virgin character Hammy the die spastic squirrel with established Carell as the die true star of the die film mm His comedic voice performance gave audiences audiences audiences audi audi- something to look forward forward forward for for- ward to in every scene he rightfully rightfully rightfully right right- fully stole The f film m begins with RJ the raccoon Willis looking for food He decides to visit Vincent the die bear Nick Nolte Nolle and take his food while he is in hibernation Unfortunately for RJ RI Vincent wakes up and gives hire hir f ultimatum for r stealing his food With only one week to get Vincents Vincent's food back RJ RI sets out to fill this food quota While looking for food RJ RI spies the rest of the die characters as they too come out of hiber hiber- nation He then watches as they begin to forage for food to survive survive survive sur sur- vive the winter months giving RJ RI an idea to swindle them into helping him gather food for the bear Verne the turtle leads his family as they find food until RJ RI steps in and introduces the die clan to what's over the die hedge greener grass pizza delivery and the Home Owners Owner's Association Verne Veme doesn't like the die scheme as Hammy Stella the die skunk Wanda Sykes parental porcupines porcupines porcupines porcu porcu- pines Eugene Levy and Catharine OHara O'Hara and their three kids and father and daughter ter possums Ozzie and Heather William and Avril Lavigne follow RJ's lead into suburbia The comedy moves the uplifting story along where the characters learn about them them- selves The characters also come away with the die belief that family is important but that one doesn't necessarily have to be blood relation or even the same species to be a family A notion that many in today's society can relate rel te to with it becoming more common to see adoption guardianships changing changing changing chang chang- ing and friends becoming a family Over the Hedge is an enjoyable ride everyone should take However it is a family film so theater patrons should expect children in the die theater But phobic child-phobic theatergoers shouldn't hold back this movies movie's too good l DVD I r f p r WI i r f co t tn r rOver n nOver Over the Hedge is rated PG |
