Over the Hedge

critic Reviews

, 75% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • Even if it's not an animation classic, Over the Hedge is clever and fun, and the jokes cater to family members of all ages.
  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Victoria LuxfordBBC.com
    A really light, funny movie, with an interesting voice cast
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  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Bruce DionesThe New Yorker
    The story has a loony, slapstick verve, and the star-studded voice work is uniformly entertaining.
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  • , Rotten Tomatometer Score
    Christy LemireAssociated Press
    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.
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  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Andrea GronvallChicago Reader
    The final showdown, in which the critters tangle with security-rigged lawn flamingos and garden gnomes, would have made Rube Goldberg proud.
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    Brian TallericoUGO
    A clever and fun escape from the summer blahs.
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    Mark KermodeObserver (UK)
    A cookie-cutter money-spinner, finely tooled for maximum profit, but utterly lacking timeless charm.
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    Sean AxmakerStream on Demand
    The story is slim and somewhat dubiously built on a confused moral but the script is snappy and the films moves with a fluid rhythm that charges up to a rollercoaster pace...
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    Richard PropesTheIndependentCritic.com
    Filled with enough little moments of comic wonder that I could literally sit here all day trying to share them all.
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    Alberto AbuínEspinof
    A correct movie that will make us spend a good time. [Full Review in Spanish]
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    Debbie Lynn EliasBehind The Lens
    Colorful, fun, energetic and entertaining, Over the Hedge will hold the attention of both young and old alike.
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