Parents need to know that this family comedy is filled with animal jokes, pratfalls, and over-the-top sight gags, many of which involve animals provoking Brendan Fraser's character. Most of the violence is limited to skunk spray, animal pee, and bee-sting reactions, as well as the protagonist dad falling and hurting himself in every fashion imaginable. Apple dominates the product placements, with a Macbook, iPhone, or iPod visible in several scenes throughout the film. There's no sexuality outside of mild flirting, a quick kiss, and a couple of hugs -- nothing even remotely inappropriate for a PG movie. The messages of the movie are positive -- people shouldn't sacrifice their beliefs for work, and communities should take care of the animals in their midst -- but they're also secondary to the cartoonish "vengeance" the animals impart. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.
When real estate developer Dan Sanders finalizes plans to level a swath of pristine Oregon forest to make way for a soulless housing subdivision, a band of woodland creatures rises up to throw a monkey wrench into the greedy scheme. Just how much mischief from the furry critters can the businessman take before he calls it quits?
Dan Sanders (Brendan Fraser) is a real estate agent with multi-million dollar dreams. But when his land development plans include destroying a large wooded area, the local, furry, four-footed residents decide to make him pay for trespassing into their forest home.
Instead, parents may be feeling a little in-fur-iated about all the money they spent to let their kids watch these Rambo-style forest creatures exact vengeance on a big business tycoon who is just in the game for the cash.
A new subdivision also catches the attention of the woodland creatures living just Over the Hedge. Civilized people and wild animals face off in the animation Open Season. An unsuspecting man finds his life turned up side down when three furry critters move into his home in Alvin and The Chipmunks.
In fact, 19 species of furry and feathered critters make up this menagerie, comprising 375 shots, including the hero raccoon, opossum, beaver, crow prairie dog, rabbit, owl, chipmunk, weasel, skunk, porcupine, fox bullfrog, otter and condor.