Over the Hedge

Republican_Man · **Sat May 20, 2006 10:00 pm Over the Hedge**

Over the Hedge

Plot Outline: A mischievous raccoon and his sensitive best-buddy turtle along with other forest creatures try to resist the evils and temptations of encroaching suburbia.
Cast overview, first billed only:
Bruce Willis .... RJ (voice)
Garry Shandling .... Verne (voice)
Steve Carell .... Hammy (voice)
Wanda Sykes .... Stella (voice)
William Shatner .... Ozzie (voice)
Nick Nolte .... Vincent (voice)
Thomas Haden Church .... Dwayne (voice)
Allison Janney .... Gladys (voice)
Eugene Levy .... Lou (voice)
Catherine O'Hara .... Penny (voice)
Avril Lavigne .... Heather (voice)
Omid Djalili .... Tiger (voice)
Sami Kirkpatrick .... Bucky (voice)
Shane Baumel .... Spike (voice)
Madison Davenport .... Quillo (voice)

Republican_Man · **Sat May 20, 2006 10:00 pm**

Just saw this. LOL, it was HILARIOUS. Well, most of it, anyways. There were times when I was laughing non-stop. Satire of humans and all that...Yet another children's movie coming out that's definitely worth seeing, and of quality and humor. I highly recommend it. You'll enjoy it.
Plus, it's got William Shatner as one of the main characters. What else could a Trek fan want?

Ziona · **Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:08 am**

Really? I wanted to go see that. I didn't know Avril Lavigne did the voice of someone in it. /ponder

Leo Wyatt · **Sat Jun 03, 2006 3:15 am**

I want to go see it but I am going to a wrestling show in Athens tomrrow.... Darn! It is all Charlie's fault too.

Valathous · **Sat Jun 03, 2006 3:32 am**

Steve Carell and Eugene Levy?

Definately has to be funny if those two are in it...

robbiewebster · **Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:59 pm**

do you think it was better than Ice Age 2?

Republican_Man · **Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:16 pm**

I haven't seen Ice Age 2 yet, actually, but I think it's funnier than Ice Age 1, that's for sure.

CJ Cregg · Commodore Joined: 05 Oct 2002 Posts: 1254

The 2 finalists from the Apprentice got to record a voice in this movie as their reward.

madlilnerd · **Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:57 am**

I want to go see this (it's only just come out in the Uk). Hopefully it will teach a generation of young people to respect nature more, even if it does it through brainwashing them with humour.

madlilnerd · **Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:49 am**

I thought this movie was brilliant! It was really funny AND it increased my hatred of american suburbia.

Republican_Man · **Fri Jul 14, 2006 12:02 pm**

Well, I can agree and happily accept the humor, because it was funny, but not the suburbia part. Why? Because I live in the suburbs!

madlilnerd · **Fri Jul 14, 2006 12:41 pm**

It reinforced what I thought I already knew: American suburbs are suburban hell to me. Miles and miles or uninterupted houses, the only way to get around being a car. Destruction of beautiful natural places to make way for new, ineffecient houses. Ick!
See, I wouldn't mind if people had some foresight (and here I'm speaking to all countries, not just america), and when they built new estates, built them with new, efficient, eco friendly houses. Solar panels. Reed bed sewage systems. You get what I'm talking about.

Republican_Man · **Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:13 pm**

Well, it gives a very jaded view, I would say, for non-Americans like yourself. It was meant as a satire of humans (Americans) and suburbia, not as an accurate representation of it.

Birdy · Socialist Joined: 20 Sep 2004 Posts: 13502 Location: Here.

I looooved it!

Such a great movie. The 'wink' to people's eating habits was great. I loved the characters, they were great. I think it's better than Ice Age 2, yeah.

madlilnerd · **Sun Jul 16, 2006 5:39 pm**

Wait a sec... why was the squirrel a RED squirrel? You don't get red squirrels in America! You hardly get red squirrels at all any more! Couldn't dreamworks make a grey squirrel?

And the bit where he was hyper and the world stopped was a total steal from the episode of futurama where Fry drinks 300 cups of coffee.