Not your traditional g rated kids movie - Over the Hedge Reviews

Fun story, but the PG rating does match the content. Seems all movies today need to be PG or they are just kiddie movies, Classic Disney movies prove otherwise. The story is good, movie fast paced, funny, will keep kids attention. Not quite the level of a Shrek movie for adults. Annimation quality is very realistic compared to non-computer annimation. It is like a whole new catagory of film type now. Like it looks real, but not quite level that works. The jokes and humor are at a teenage level, or parody of life in the suburbs. The suburb part works, the teenage jokes may be too much for the pre-teens if they understand it, if over their heads it won't matter - this is PG. Thought the begining was a rip-off of the old "Night On Stone Mountain" laser show from Stone Mountain Park Georgia at first. But, thinking later not quite true as there we had C.W. the squirel with Bufford the Bear. A annimation short done in laser show form - jokes of "laser beans" a food for bears instead of laser beams. Similar part was waking the bear too early. But, B.J. the Racoon was this movie and had good story with a lesson to be learned by the young ones if they pay attention at the end. Family helps each other, even if they did lie or cheat, but forgive when ask forgiveness. I think this will soon be passed by Pixar's Cars movie for annimation of 2006, but is still a good 2nd place for the year so far.