The film isn't painfully bad, and on occasion it's almost strange enough to pass muster on that score alone.
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10/04/06
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Open Season (2006)
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Reviews Counted:96
Fresh:45
Rotten:51
Average Rating:5.4/10
Consensus: Open Season is a cliched palette of tired jokes and CG animal shenanigans that have been seen multiple times this cinematic year.
Theatrical Release:Sep 29, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $84,303,558
Synopsis: OPEN SEASON, an animated action-adventure, follows the fortunes of two forest-animal misfits. Boog (Martin Lawrence) is a gentle and domesticated bear; Elliot (Ashton Kutcher) is an absentminded... [More]
Starring: Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Patrick Warburton, Billy Connolly
Director: Roger Allers, Jill Culton, Anthony Stacchi
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Reviews for Open Season
Slapstick humor, a rehashed plot and generic voice casting.
10/03/06
Is it just me, or are the CGI critters multiplying at an astounding rate?
10/03/06
It’s just okay.
10/02/06
Top CriticIt's convention and cliches that drive the new computer-animated movie "Open Season," an overly familiar yet nevertheless likable film that could have been exceptional had it attempted something fresh within the genre.
10/02/06
The artwork is good, but so what? A story is what sells the picture, and here it most certainly doesn't.
10/01/06
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09/30/06
That Sony wants to break into feature animation may be an admirable goal, but unless future efforts are fresher than this, it begs the question, why bother?
09/30/06
In Open Season, the bad guys are such caricatures that there's just never any doubt as to the outcome.
09/29/06
Though silly and predictable, this animated comedy has stunning visuals, a catchy soundtrack and charming characters that are family-friendly crowd-pleasers.
09/29/06
Now that we've made one of the best computer-generated talking-animal-on-an-odyssey movies in the brief but busy history of the genre, can we please, please move on?
09/29/06
Top CriticIt's a tired rehash of animation cliches that distinguishes itself only by the extent to which it's crammed full of scatology and gleeful violence to animals, and otherwise panders to the worst instincts of its audience.
09/29/06
A little bit like Over the Hedge, and a lot like the upcoming Flushed Away, in which an animated house mouse is forced to fend for himself in the sewers of London, Open Season may sound a bit familiar, but it is never dull.
09/29/06
Top CriticWith animated movies coming out every other week or so, mediocrity is becoming a rule. Open Season loses more points than most films because of its similarities to Over the Hedge, one of the few kids films that did it right this year.
09/29/06
The tale, is very familiar but is freshened by amusing dialogue, with laughs for both the youngsters and the adults who accompany them.
09/29/06
The Guardian is a tribute to the grit and courage and, moreover, the blessed competence of the Coast Guard pilots and rescue swimmers.
09/29/06
A fun story thanks to animals going 'wild' in a convenience store, cagey squirrels, and the wacky things you can do with rabbits. If it's open season on laughs, this movie bags almost the limit.
09/29/06
It's not deep and not totally original. But Open Season is whiplash quick with the gags and spot-on with the funny voices.
09/29/06
An ugly, painfully derivative and sleep-inducing talking-animals cartoon laced with potty humor.
09/29/06
Top CriticA story that balances gentle messages with enough goofy anarchy to please any kid.
09/29/06
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