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Open Season [2006]
from Sony Pictures Home Ent. UK
directed by Roger Allers, Jill Culton

Features:

• Dubbed
• PAL
• Widescreen

Editorial Review:

Open Season - Growing up can be a confusing journey fraught with difficult choices. Boog (Martin Lawrence) is a domesticated grizzly bear who leads a perfectly happy life inside of Park Ranger Beth's (Debra Messing) garage, but a chance meeting with an overly energetic mule deer named Elliot (Ashton Kutcher) quickly changes everything and lands Boog high in the forest a few days before the opening of hunting season. Devoid of even the most basic survival skills, Boog and Elliot stumble through the woods and find themselves at the mercy of every forest animal from skunks to chipmunks as well as an evil hunter named Shaw (Gary Sinise). After unintentionally inciting and endangering an entire forest full of clever animals, Boog and Elliot come to the realization that only by banding together do the forest animals stand a chance of outsmarting the hunters and ensuring their own survival.

Open Season is the first animated film from Sony Pictures Animation, and takes its inspiration from cartoonist Steve Moore (In the Bleachers) and features animals with human-like intelligence, a vibrant colour palate, and skilled animation that makes everything from the wind blowing Boo's fur to the animals' wild trip down the falls simply breathtaking. While it doesn't quite live up to Over the Hedge, Open Season is an entertaining production that explores the difficult process of maturation, the universal need for acceptance, and the true value of friendship. --Tami Horiuchi

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• well rounded film
  In the age where there are several top 3d animation companies, the idea is to be different, and try to maintain your own style, and not to copy others. I feel sony animations has done just that. They have a certain swagger about this films look, and the way the characters are presented to the audience.
  The story is based around the main theme of an "open season" for hunting, and invloves animals who are affected by this. Without giving the story away, this film has great story depth, well developed... more info

• FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY
  I was very much looking forward to seeing Open Season on it's first weekend, but I was a bit worried when I saw only a 5.5 on IMDb, because normally, most of the users are right about these movies. But my friends and I still wanted to see this fun looking picture, so we saw it tonight and may I say that I am surprised by you IMDb users who didn't like this film, everyone is entitled to an opinion, I agree. But seriously, how could you not like this film? It has amazing animation, fun characters, and... more info

• Not bad, but follows the usual formula for recent films
  Open Season is an a good start for Sony to make in the 3D animation world. It is fast, funny and looks great. The only downside is that it has all been done before. The directors must have been aware of the similarities in storyline to other recent films because they go out of their way to make it really clever, the dam bursting and the attack on the hunters are examples of this. I don't think kids will be disappointed though and recommend giving it a try.

• 'Open Season' was not so memorable but acceptably funny
  The family and I went out to see 'Open Season' at the theater and thought it was okay. The film was very entertaining for the kids because of the two lead characters but as for my husband and I it was bearable. I have to admit I did doze off a couple of times but only for a few minutes. I have noticed that this is the first completely computer-generated motion picture to be created by Sony Pictures Animation (SPA).
  Boorg (voiced by Martin Lawrence), is the lovable bear who was rescued by a ranger and... more info

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