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Over the Hedge

Play trailer 2:10 Poster for Over the Hedge PG Released May 19, 2006 1h 23m Kids & Family Comedy Adventure Animation Play Trailer Watchlist
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75% Tomatometer 171 Reviews 71% Popcornmeter 250,000+ Ratings
When Verne (Garry Shandling) and fellow woodland friends awake from winter's hibernation, they find they have some new neighbors: humans, and RJ (Bruce Willis), an opportunistic raccoon who shows the others how to exploit the suburban bounty laid out before them.
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Critics Consensus

Even if it's not an animation classic, Over the Hedge is clever and fun, and the jokes cater to family members of all ages.

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Victoria Luxford BBC.com A really light, funny movie, with an interesting voice cast Rated: 3/5 Jul 24, 2023 Full Review Bruce Diones The New Yorker The story has a loony, slapstick verve, and the star-studded voice work is uniformly entertaining. Apr 14, 2013 Full Review Christy Lemire Associated Press If Over the Hedge aims solely to entertain, it does so in a way that's mildly amusing but mostly hackneyed. If it aims to instruct, it weakens its own argument with the plethora of product tie-ins. Apr 14, 2013 Full Review Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand The story is slim and somewhat dubiously built on a confused moral but the script is snappy and the films moves with a fluid rhythm that charges up to a rollercoaster pace... Apr 14, 2023 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Filled with enough little moments of comic wonder that I could literally sit here all day trying to share them all. Rated: 3.5/4.0 Sep 19, 2020 Full Review Alberto Abuín Espinof A correct movie that will make us spend a good time. [Full Review in Spanish] Feb 12, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Hope Loved that it kept my 5 year old grandson entertained the whole movie! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/27/23 Full Review Heather Very cute and clever. Some scenes may be a little scary for very young kids but overall an excellent family movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/26/23 Full Review BlueTop World b It’s pretty fun to watch Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/18/25 Full Review Eden M This movie is extremely funny🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣, and the story is interesting ! 👍 Go watch this movie!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/10/25 Full Review Its abe S I finally watched it! I've been dying to watch this movie for some reason! Its honestly one of my favorite DreamWorks movies! Its underated, hilarious like, HALOURIOS! And i had a fun time watching this! I mean the only reason i wanted to watch this movie was just to have a good time! And i did! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/13/25 Full Review Fifth 3 Wow!!! Over the hedge is funny!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/28/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Tim Johnson

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Karey Kirkpatrick

Director

Bruce Willis

RJ

Garry Shandling

Verne

Steve Carell

Sammy the Squirrel

William Shatner

Ozzie the Possum

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Movie Info

Synopsis When Verne (Garry Shandling) and fellow woodland friends awake from winter's hibernation, they find they have some new neighbors: humans, and RJ (Bruce Willis), an opportunistic raccoon who shows the others how to exploit the suburban bounty laid out before them.
Director
Tim Johnson, Karey Kirkpatrick
Producer
Bonnie Arnold, Christian Kubsch
Screenwriter
Len Blum, Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton, Karey Kirkpatrick
Distributor
DreamWorks SKG
Production Co
DreamWorks SKG
Rating
PG (Some Rude Humor|Mild Comic Action)
Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 19, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$155.0M
Runtime
1h 23m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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