Raised by kindly park ranger Beth since he was a just a cub, 900-pound grizzly Boog is content to spend his days entertaining Timberline tourists and his nights nestled safely in Beth's luxurious garage. Boog's life is about to get much more complicated, however, when paranoid hunter Shaw returns from a recent foray in the woods with a frightened, one-horn mule deer named Elliot strapped trophy-like to the hood of his truck. Though at first reluctant to answer Elliot's desperate cries for help, gentle giant Boog eventually frees the thankful creature, who in turn decides to teach his hulking friend what it truly means to be free. Subsequently tranquilized and relocated into the wilderness after momentarily reverting to his true animalistic nature, Boog is forced to team with seasoned forest-dweller Elliot in order to find their way out of the woods before hunting season starts and Shaw comes gunning for all creatures great and small.
This was an OK film, but not great. There wasn't much that was original. It was your typical kids animated film that begins peaceful and fun, has conflict in the middle and ends with a nice, happy ending. There wasn't a whole lot that adults would be interested in. You could figure out the ending within the first 10 minutes and while there were a couple of funny parts, it was mostly pretty dull. One positive is that it's a very clean film and should be OK for the whole family to enjoy, but there is a lot of violence against rabbits for some reason. There are plenty of entertaining, animated films that have been produced, but this just isn't one of them.
Rating: 2.5 of 5 stars
Would I watch it again: No
Starring: Voices of Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Gary Sinise, Debra Messing, Jon Favreau, Billy Connolly
I typically watch movies on Monday, Wednesday and Friday while riding the ACE Train from Tracy to Santa Clara. The opinions expressed are those of me, myself and I.
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Agreed with Dave on this one. Awfully violent for a kids movie. There were some good jokes and the premise of the film was certainly original.
I'll give this one a 2.5 of 5. I only added it to the collection, because Andrew had previously seen it in the theater with his mom and really liked it . . . but it's not my favorite. I certainly point him in the direction of Ice Age or the Incredibles.
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