2006 · animation · family · comedy
Over the Hedge
Directed by Karey Kirkpatrick, Tim Johnson1h 23m2006
A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that popped up while they were hibernating – and learns a lesson about family himself.
Our read: Over the Hedge (2006) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded animation · family · comedy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, measured animation / family, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- cosy
- brisk
- redemptive
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“You want brisk family animation about suburbia, heists, and found-family critters.”
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