Over the Hedge (2006)

This is not a wonderful movie, but it's a fairly decent one, and at very few poitns during the movie did I go, "Oh, PLEASE," which is pretty high praise for a modern cartoon. It doesn't have the spark or charm of DreamWorks' best movie (Shrek) but nor is it as annoying as some of its others (*cough*Shark Tale*cough*). In fact, thinking back on it, it's tricky to think of anything that was truly wrong with it, except that I didn't actually connect. Let me also say that I really loved the fact that Verne was allowed to remain cautious and paranoid and tentative and still be a good, perhaps a better, leader, than his overconfident friend. That doesn't happen very often in movies. Definitely applause for that. 3.5 stars.