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Peter Debruge, Miami Herald: Spends none of the time that Michael Fry and T. Lewis' daily comic strip does staring at the stars or asking questions of the Tree That Knows Stuff, but the movie does offer an amusing animals'-eye-view on the absurdity of suburbia. Read more
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: The critters and the humans here resemble metallic, robotic alternate-universe images of animals and people. Read more
Christy Lemire, Associated 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. Read more
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader: The final showdown, in which the critters tangle with security-rigged lawn flamingos and garden gnomes, would have made Rube Goldberg proud. Read more
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: An endearingly cheerful animated feature from DreamWorks. Read more
Ted Fry, Seattle Times: A charming, clever and crisply paced little confection about small, junk-food-addled mammals that's sure to delight large mammals of any age. Read more
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle: 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. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: Over The Hedge is cute without being cutesy, satirical without being too cynical, and just a whole lot of fun. Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: It's energetic, colorful, occasionally clever and brims with top-drawer voice talent. Read more
Tasha Robinson, AV Club: Its chipper, sneering outsider's look at suburban sprawl and conformity isn't going to change the world, but it's still self-aware enough to be reasonably smart. Read more
Bill Muller, Arizona Republic: The movie delivers on the broad comedy, but the small moments are what really put Over the Hedge over the top. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: The filmmakers are obviously concerned about the rise of exurbs, but they shrug off the issue and stick to the formula of a talking-critters script instead. Read more
Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times: The frenetic, action-oriented (and fairly violent) set-pieces are well crafted, but without interesting characters it's only sporadically involving. Read more
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle: Its own animal, a spirited and intrepid critter that mooches our affection along with the garbage. Read more
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: ... enjoyable ... Read more
Michael Booth, Denver Post: Intelligent jokes are set up and paid off, rather than blurred by an endless string of instantly-outdated pop culture references. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: Ultimately Hedge is deja vu all over again, a computer-generated work of wonder that could have come out last year, last month or two months from now, a film so reminiscent of other films it almost immediately dims in the memory. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: The voice acting is delightful. Read more
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: Will probably just feel beyond the pale to anyone more discerning than the average 8-year-old. Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: Visually energetic and light on its feet, it's frothy entertainment that has some ideas in its head and a sense of playfulness that turns those ideas into a speedily pleasant 90 minutes. Read more
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: With its clever script smartly tailored to fit all ages, Over the Hedge kept me nicely fed and watered ... Read more
Jan Stuart, Newsday: A irresistible balance of computer-graphics animation and high wit, one that raises the three-dimensional computerized technique to a delirious new plateau. Read more
Bruce Diones, New Yorker: The story has a loony, slapstick verve, and the star-studded voice work is uniformly entertaining. Read more
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger: The writing doesn't measure up to the casting, and the picture is miles from original. Read more
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: The computer-animation is terrific, most of the slapstick gags are fun, and Wanda Sykes' voice performance as feisty Stella the Skunk is one that will be remembered -- and not because it stinks. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Over the Hedge may be 'just' a cartoon. But it's also a biting and funny jab at SUV-MSG Nation. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: A feature cartoon that is not at the level of Finding Nemo or Shrek, but is a lot of fun, awfully nice to look at, and filled with energy and smiles. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: A nicely crafted charmer. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: There may be only so many ways you can spin a computer-generated animated feature about a gang of animals and their grand project against an evil adversary. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: It is competent work and frequently amusing. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: A raucous, funny and fresh look at the 3 C's: conservation, consumerism and consumption (of the excessive and conspicuous kind). Read more
Todd McCarthy, Variety: A rather narrowly conceived tale that makes only modest hay from the overworked conflict between wildlife and encroaching humans. Read more
Robert Wilonsky, Village Voice: It feels like I've already seen Over the Hedge four times, after witnessing the parade of commercials for other junk its characters are pimping. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Hums along with such well-greased precision, you can almost hear the industrial cogs and wheels whirring in all their viscous complexity. There's such a knowing swagger about the film's comedy, there seems to be no innocence in the mix at all. Read more