Over The Hedge (2006)

Over The Hedge is the latest computer animated film from Dreamworks... the same studio that brought us Shrek. Over The Hedge stars the voice talents of Bruce Willis, Gary Shandling, Steve Carell, Wanda Sykes, William Shatner, Nick Nolte, Thomas Haden Church, among others. Its a great cast and the script utilizes them to great success. The story is about a racoon called RJ (Willis) who owes a Bear a lot of food, so he convinces a group of animals, led by Vern, a turtle (Shandling), to help him explore suburbia "over the hedge" in order to steal the food and payback the Bear.

The script is extremely funny with numerous laugh-out-loud moments, especially with the characters of the squirrel Hammy (Carell), the possum Ozzie (Shatner) and Dwayne the exterminator (Church).

Especially funny are the animals accurate and painfully truthful assessment of human behavior when it comes to food and exercise. You'll laugh not only because it's funny, but because they're also describing you.

If you're looking for an intelligent, funny family film, Over The Hedge is worth the price of admission.