Over the Hedge (2006)

The set-up of the movie -- about the first 15 minutes or so -- had me ready to switch it off. Nothing seemed inspired, the voice work felt labored, and the "funny" stuff was falling flat.

Thankfully, we soon get to the main story (outsider raccoon cons a group of trusting hibernates into gathering food for him) and it started working. The innocence of the woodland critters and their interpretations of what the humans were doing "that is the device to summon food...that is the altar where they worship food!" just worked.

Fun movie for a nice span of ages.

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