Over the Hedge (2006)

All Critics (167) | Top Critics (40) | Fresh (131) | Rotten (42) | DVD (18)

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

April 14, 2013 Full Review

Bruce Diones

New Yorker

Top Critic

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.

April 14, 2013 Full Review

Christy Lemire

Associated Press

Top Critic

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

April 18, 2007 Full Review

Andrea Gronvall

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

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

June 29, 2006 Full Review

Time Out

Top Critic

An endearingly cheerful animated feature from DreamWorks.

June 22, 2006 Full Review

Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

Top Critic

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

May 24, 2006 Full Review

Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

Top Critic

A colorful and engaging comedy of suburbia's encroachment into the wilderness and its consequences for a motley crew of animals just awakened from hibernation.

May 15, 2012 Full Review

Brent Simon

Shared Darkness

Adventure, cute and cuddly animals, and some wit make for a wonderful experience!

July 6, 2010 Full Review

Neil Miller

Film School Rejects

A surprisingly very good animated adventure that relishes in simplicity, yet is really very entertaining.

April 29, 2009 Full Review

Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Caffeine freak critters, duplicitous raccoons, a highly talented cast and Bill Shatner in overacting overdrive -- it's like coming out of hibernation and waking in an animator's playground.

September 10, 2008 Full Review

Paul Aston

Film4

The story is no grabber, and the sight gags are labored, but the animation is sleekly pretty, and it goes by painlessly enough.

August 7, 2008 Full Review

Jim Lane

Sacramento News & Review

Cute animated tale of animals invading the 'burbs.

July 10, 2008 Full Review

Cynthia Fuchs

Common Sense Media

I watched the film with very low expectations and was pleasantly surprised by its heart and its humor.

July 14, 2007 Full Review

Ted Murphy

Murphy's Movie Reviews

A clever and fun escape from the summer blahs.

March 24, 2007 Full Review

Brian Tallerico

UGO

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

January 20, 2007 Full Review | Comments (2)

Mark Kermode

Observer [UK]

The new Dreamworks CGI animated feature ignores much of the satire and tries to cram the rest into the usual kids movie format.

January 20, 2007 Full Review | Comment (1)

Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

While this movie doesn't have the hip, adult vibe of the Shrek movies, it's a truly enjoyable family film with a great voice cast.

October 27, 2006 Full Review

Staci Layne Wilson

Buzzine Magazine

click to read full review in Greek

October 21, 2006 Full Review

Joseph Proimakis

Movies for the Masses

The real warm and fuzzy creatures are two wholesome families of opossums and porcupines. They also get my vote for the most amazing CGI quills and fur.

October 18, 2006

James Plath

Reel.com

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