Writers Len Blum ("The Pink Panther"), Lorne Cameron ("Brother Bear"), David Hoselton ("Brother Bear") and Karey Kirkpatrick ("Chicken Run," "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy") choose two wild species who pioneered the exploration of human trash - the bear and the raccoon - to start spinning their tail before then introducing us to the more unspoiled species led by Verne (voice of Garry Shandling), a turtle. "Over the Hedge" improves upon the animals-in-a-strange-land formula from "Madagascar" by instead honing in on a phenomenon we have all probably experienced, that of wildlife being forced out of its natural habitat and adapting to human manufacture. Vincent gives RJ one week to replace every last bit or it's curtains for the coon, but RJ gets lucky when he meets a group of innocent woodland creatures who've never experienced the joys of nacho cheese chips and convinces them to venture into human territory to gather new food types "Over the Hedge." Dreamworks may be behind Pixar when it comes to computer generated imagery, but they're certainly ahead of Blue Sky Studios ("Ice Age: The Meltdown") in the storytelling department. When Vincent (voice of Nick Nolte), a bear, comes out of his hibernation, he catches RJ (voice of Bruce Willis), a raccoon, about to make off with his towering stash of junk food, which gets destroyed in RJ's resulting panic.
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