Boog, a domesticated 900lb. Grizzly bear finds himself stranded in the woods 3 days before Open Season. Forced to rely on Elliot, a fast-talking mule deer, the two form an unlikely friendship and must quickly rally other forest animals if they are to form a rag-tag army against the hunters.
It's not deep and not totally original. But Open Season is whiplash quick with the gags and spot-on with the funny voices.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
29 Sep 2006
rotten:
With animated movies coming out every other week or so, mediocrity is becoming a rule. Open Season loses more points than most films because of its similarities to Over the Hedge, one of the few kids films that did it right this year.
– Peter Hartlaub,
San Francisco Chronicle,
29 Sep 2006
fresh:
A little bit like Over the Hedge, and a lot like the upcoming Flushed Away, in which an animated house mouse is forced to fend for himself in the sewers of London, Open Season may sound a bit familiar, but it is never dull.
– Bruce Newman,
San Jose Mercury News,
29 Sep 2006
fresh:
Now that we've made one of the best computer-generated talking-animal-on-an-odyssey movies in the brief but busy history of the genre, can we please, please move on?