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Play trailer Poster for Hoot PG 2006 1h 27m Kids & Family Comedy Adventure Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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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 07/23/2008
Promoting environmental conservation, this bland family film never generates much interest in either its human or animal participants. Go to Full Review Tim Cogshell Boxoffice Magazine 05/13/2006
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. Go to Full Review Toddy Burton Austin Chronicle 05/13/2006
2/5
Parents may role their eyes more than once at this flightless film. Go to Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com 09/11/2020
3.0/4.0
The cinematic equivalent to a Jimmy Buffett concert aimed squarely at children and youth. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 02/29/2016
C
Soporific effort. Go to Full Review Jette Kernion Cinematical 04/08/2007
2/5
A safe, slight film that doesn't possess the chaotic hilarity I associate with Carl Hiaasen's best writing. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Simon R @simon101212 Oct 10 This was not a good adaptation of the books, and looked real freaking cheap See more Stephen C @bob25009 Aug 1 Funny in 1 hour and 27 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated PG for Mild Bullying and Brief Language!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $8,100,000.00!!!!!! See more Cudalbu R @RT01146858 01/04/2025 Feels lacking See more david 05/22/2024 I’d rather eat at Mother Paula’s Pancake House than see this movie again See more Benjamin J @RT48001836 09/20/2023 This movie deserves a mere 0.5 stars in my book. Its predictable plot and lackluster execution make it a forgettable family film. See more Jacob B @RT89309114 09/02/2023 Honestly, the only reason I bothered seeing this movie from Walden Media, riding high off of the massive success of Narnia a year earlier, was because of the cast. There's Percy Jackson, Captain Marvel herself and Phil Coulson in the pre-Marvel days except this time they aren't on the same side here. And now that I've seen Hoot...I'm not really sure why I bothered. The environmental message is important and I respect that and Logan Lerman is likeable enough as the main protagonist but honestly, Hoot is rather stale and boring, but at least it was short. It's not funny, exciting or heartwarming, the characters are quite bland, the direction is impersonal and the execution of its message is cheesy as hell. Maybe the original book handled the themes more tactfully but we're not focusing on that now, are we? Sadly, Hoot just doesn't stand out at all in the sea of family films that were everywhere in the 2000's with the only reason worth checking it out for is to see what Logan Lerman, Brie Larson and Clark Gregg were up to before they started appearing in larger-scale projects. See more Read all reviews
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Wil Shriner

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Luke Wilson

Officer Delinko

Logan Lerman

Roy

Brie Larson

Beatrice

Cody Linley

Mullet Fingers

Jimmy Buffett

Mr. Ryan

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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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