Open Season

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Open Season

PG,

2006,

1h 27m,

Kids & Family/

Comedy/

Adventure/

Animation

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Boog (Martin Lawrence), a 900-pound grizzly bear, is content entertaining tourists and living in park ranger Beth's (Debra Messing) barn. His life takes a drastic turn when he rescues a one-horned mule deer named Elliot (Ashton Kutcher) from a hunter (Gary Sinise), and is subsequently tranquilized and returned to the wild. Elliot and Boog recruit the other animals, notably a Scottish squirrel (Billy Connolly) and a beaver foreman, to help turn the tables on the hunters to make the woods safe.

Critics Consensus

Open Season is a cliched palette of tired jokes and CG animal shenanigans that have been seen multiple times this cinematic year.

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Matthew Leyland

BBC.com

Oct 17, 2006

3/5

In the end, the hunter becomes the hunted; but wouldn't the animal rights message mean more if you actually cared about the critters?

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Philip French

Guardian

Oct 14, 2006

There's virtuosity here but no magic.

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Robert Hanks

Independent (UK)

Oct 14, 2006

2/5

he animation is so-so, the debt to Madagascar and The Jungle Book blatant, and the jokes thin.

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Dorothy Woodend

The Tyee (British Columbia)

Aug 23, 2017

Open Season is just about everything that's wrong with modern culture.

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Jane Boursaw

Common Sense Media

Jan 1, 2011

3/5

Animated animal buddy flick is crude but funny.

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Apr 25, 2009

C-

Animated children's movies should not glamorize criminal activity and war, but that's exactly what happens in "Open Season"...

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Albus R

Mar 19, 2019

One of my favourite kids films ever. Filled full of funny jokes and nostalgia

Hermione R

Mar 14, 2019

One of the most beautiful pieces of modern animation I have ever seen. I would put this just above The Godfather and Shawshank Redemption as the best film of all time. 10/10 would recommend. Great for all ages

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Hagrid L

Feb 25, 2019

Quite bad but funny. The best one out of the three

Draco G

Dec 4, 2018

the deer turns me on

Luke L

Oct 28, 2018

The girls were bored, petrified, and cranky when we saw this movie. It was on sale and my dad bought it for them because he looked at the DVD and assumed it was a funny movie. We returned it to the store the next day and the girls had nightmares for a couple nights.

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Oct 24, 2018

I enjoyed this when i was a kid, kids can enjoy it. Alas, it's not enjoyable for any age.

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Jill Culton

Director

Anthony Stacchi

Director

Roger Allers

Director

Martin Lawrence

Boog

Ashton Kutcher

Elliott

Gary Sinise

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Synopsis

Boog (Martin Lawrence), a 900-pound grizzly bear, is content entertaining tourists and living in park ranger Beth's (Debra Messing) barn. His life takes a drastic turn when he rescues a one-horned mule deer named Elliot (Ashton Kutcher) from a hunter (Gary Sinise), and is subsequently tranquilized and returned to the wild. Elliot and Boog recruit the other animals, notably a Scottish squirrel (Billy Connolly) and a beaver foreman, to help turn the tables on the hunters to make the woods safe.

Director: Jill Culton, Anthony Stacchi, Roger Allers
Producer: Michelle Murdocca
Screenwriter: Steve Bencich, Ron J. Friedman, Nat Mauldin
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation
Rating: PG (Mild Action|Brief Language|Some Rude Humor)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 29, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: DTS, Dolby SRD, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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