Hoot

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Hoot

PG

Released May 5, 2006

1h 27m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

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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

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

Jul 23, 2008

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Toddy Burton

Austin Chronicle

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

Rated: 2/5

May 13, 2006

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Dana Stevens

New York Times

This sweet-natured but plodding adaptation of a young-adult novel by Carl Hiaasen could have used a little less broad satire of corporate greed and a few more, well, owls. The critters peep from their burrows for only a few brief moments.

May 13, 2006

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

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

Rated: 3.0/4.0

Sep 11, 2020

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Soporific effort.

Rated: C

Feb 29, 2016

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Jette Kernion

Cinematical

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

Rated: 2/5

Apr 8, 2007

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Stephen C

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

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/01/25

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Cudalbu R

Feels lacking

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/04/25

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david

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

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/22/24

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alexandra d

must see for environmentalists! light hearted, fun watch

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/29/24

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Benjamin J

This movie deserves a mere 0.5 stars in my book. Its predictable plot and lackluster execution make it a forgettable family film.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/20/23

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Jacob B

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.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/08/23

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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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