Hoot

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Hoot

PG

2006

1h 27m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

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26%

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98 Reviews

54%

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Roy Eberhardt (Logan Lerman) has moved so often he has lost track of how many times he has changed schools. After moving from Montana to Florida's Gulf Coast, he befriends Beatrice (Brie Larson) and her brother. The siblings show Roy their hideaway, where they secretly take care of a flock of wild owls. When they learn that a restaurant will be built where the owls live, the three decide to enlist the help of a local policeman (Luke Wilson) to save the birds.

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Critics Consensus

Lacking energy and humor, Hoot is a ho-hum story of eco-awareness that falls flat as a pancake.

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Tim Grierson

Screen International

Jul 23, 2008

Promoting environmental conservation, this bland family film never generates much interest in either its human or animal participants.

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Tim Cogshell

Boxoffice Magazine

May 13, 2006

3/4

Younger kids will find the pranks and schemes funny, while the enviro-activist theme is an important message to which they may just latch on. The eco-responsibility part, not the venomous snake part, one hopes.

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Toddy Burton

Austin Chronicle

May 13, 2006

2/5

Parents may role their eyes more than once at this flightless film.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 11, 2020

3.0/4.0

The cinematic equivalent to a Jimmy Buffett concert aimed squarely at children and youth.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Feb 29, 2016

C

Soporific effort.

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Jette Kernion

Cinematical

Apr 8, 2007

2/5

A safe, slight film that doesn't possess the chaotic hilarity I associate with Carl Hiaasen's best writing.

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Robert P

@Superbad 2 days ago

Hoot = a*2.5* star Movie!

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R T

@RT14962184 May 2, 2026

I’ve been starving for a film like this for the last few years! Where did all the lighthearted comedies go? (Had never seen this movie before.) It’s fun in a sweet film - a simple & beautiful message about trying to preserve some key elements in our environment— told by teenagers trying to figure out their own lives. And the music score was awesome. This felt like Jimmy Buffett’s vision.

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Simon R

@simon101212 Oct 10, 2025

This was not a good adaptation of the books, and looked real freaking cheap

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Aug 1, 2025

Funny in 1 hour and 27 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated PG for Mild Bullying and Brief Language!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $8,100,000.00!!!!!!

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Cudalbu R

@RT01146858 Jan 4, 2025

Feels lacking

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david

May 22, 2024

I’d rather eat at Mother Paula’s Pancake House than see this movie again

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Synopsis

Roy Eberhardt (Logan Lerman) has moved so often he has lost track of how many times he has changed schools. After moving from Montana to Florida's Gulf Coast, he befriends Beatrice (Brie Larson) and her brother. The siblings show Roy their hideaway, where they secretly take care of a flock of wild owls. When they learn that a restaurant will be built where the owls live, the three decide to enlist the help of a local policeman (Luke Wilson) to save the birds.

Director: Wil Shriner
Producer: Frank Marshall, Jimmy Buffett
Screenwriter: Wil Shriner
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Production Co: Walden Media, Hoot Productions LLC, The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Rating: PG (Mild Bullying|Brief Language)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 5, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $8.1M
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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