I took Megan to go see Over The Hedge this afternoon. I loved it and Megan did as well. Dreamworks has another Shrek level hit on it's hands and I can see lots of room for sequels and such. The characters are great. There is enough humor that works for both young and old. In fact, the last few scenes had me doubled over laughing more than I have in any movie in a long time.
The casting was great. The actors really stood out even though most only had a scene or two in the entire movie. With this number of characters it's really an ensemble piece. The standout was certainly Steve Carell as Hammy. That boy has been on a roll lately.
As with the best CG movies I didn't realize that it was CG after the first ten minutes or so. The quality of the animation was good. I didn't see anything stand out as new or revolutionary. But I did notice at the end that the human character models weren't very good at all. In particular the hair on he evil woman (played by Allison Janney of The West Wing) got a hairdo in the end that was poorly done. But that's a small complaint in what was an awesome movie that should work for everyone.
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