A really light, funny movie, with an interesting voice cast

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 24, 2023

The story has a loony, slapstick verve, and the star-studded voice work is uniformly entertaining.

| Apr 14, 2013

If Over the Hedge aims solely to entertain, it does so in a way that's mildly amusing but mostly hackneyed. If it aims to instruct, it weakens its own argument with the plethora of product tie-ins.

| Apr 14, 2013

The final showdown, in which the critters tangle with security-rigged lawn flamingos and garden gnomes, would have made Rube Goldberg proud.

| Apr 18, 2007

A clever and fun escape from the summer blahs.

Full Review | Mar 24, 2007

A cookie-cutter money-spinner, finely tooled for maximum profit, but utterly lacking timeless charm.

| Jan 20, 2007

Lack of a decent plot or memorable characters starts to show around the hour mark.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 1, 2006

There's a moderate amount of fun to be had.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 1, 2006

You'll soon be sick of digital furballs, but there's plenty of fun here - and Hammy is up there with Ice Age's Scrat in the pantheon of lunatic movie rodents.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 30, 2006

It misses the mark a couple of times but in the main, it's good clean fun.

| Jun 29, 2006

Some great slapstick, choreographed with both balletic grace and a sharp eye for the belly laugh.

| Jun 24, 2006

An endearingly cheerful animated feature from DreamWorks.

| Jun 22, 2006

With more attention to the fundamentals of narrative, Over the Hedge wouldn't be so over the top.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | May 27, 2006

Over The Hedge is cute without being cutesy, satirical without being too cynical, and just a whole lot of fun.

Full Review | May 24, 2006

A raucous, funny and fresh look at the 3 C's: conservation, consumerism and consumption (of the excessive and conspicuous kind).

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 19, 2006

It is competent work and frequently amusing.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 19, 2006

A charming, clever and crisply paced little confection about small, junk-food-addled mammals that's sure to delight large mammals of any age.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 19, 2006

Inspired casting of voice actors is one of several pleasures in this fun film for children, which has enough social satire to satisfy adults as well.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 19, 2006

Over the Hedge isn't by any stretch bad. It's just banal.

Full Review | May 19, 2006

If they were still making Looney Tunes, they'd look a lot like Over the Hedge.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 19, 2006