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A domesticated grizzly bear finds that there's more to life than being the star attraction of a mountain town nature show when a fast-talking mule deer offers him a crash course in woodland living in ... read more read more...Sony Pictures Animation's first full-length animated feature. Raised by kindly park ranger Beth (Debra Messing) since he was a just a cub, 900-pound grizzly Boog (Martin Lawrence) 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 (Gary Sinese) 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. Things are different in the woods than they were back in the safe confines of park ranger Beth's garage, though, and in order to find their way back to Timberline, Boog and Elliot are going to have to rely on the kindness of their fellow creatures, a rowdy and unruly bunch that includes an army of Scottish squirrels led by rogue critter McSquizzy (Billy Connolly), and a productive beaver construction team whose foreman, Reilly (Jon Faverau), is more than willing to lend a helping tail. With hunting season now upon them and time running out as the hunters close in, the unlikely duo of bear and mule deer put their new life lessons to good use by turning the tables on the gun-toting gamesmen, and once again making the woods safe for the furry critters who call the forest home. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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DVD Release Date: January 30, 2007

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  • May 11, 2008
    Decent family fare. Had some good moments but not my favorite.
  • November 4, 2011
    It's good if your bored. Open Season is funny at times but ultimately its far far too silly with a poor amount of witty humour apart from the teddy bear picnic song joke.
  • August 22, 2011
    OPEN SEASON was funny at some parts, but seeing (or hearing, rather) Martin Lawrence and Ashton Kutcher elicit laughs in a family feature seemed very slightly uneven to me.
  • July 2, 2011
    Fine animation, fine voices. I didn't mind!
  • April 11, 2011
    Funny but too much toilet humor for kids. If it was more mature and the jokes were better, this would've been great.
  • December 22, 2010
    a very funny, well animated, well acted, and well thought out film that will appeal to all ages of viewers
  • September 11, 2010
    Ashton Kutcher's character did make the film a little funny but not entirely. Open Season has unimpressive animation and a weak story. This is not memorable and it is forgettable.
  • July 29, 2010
    B-
  • July 28, 2010
    Clever as heck, with great animation and direction, open season should be a standard for animated films.
  • July 9, 2010
    I liked it. This made me giggle...

Critic Reviews


Richard Roeper
October 2, 2006
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

It's just okay. Full Review

Geoff Pevere
September 29, 2006
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

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? Full Review

Bruce Newman
September 29, 2006
Bruce Newman, San Jose Mercury News

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...

Peter Hartlaub
September 29, 2006
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle

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 ... Full Review

Roger Moore
September 29, 2006
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

It's not deep and not totally original. But Open Season is whiplash quick with the gags and spot-on with the funny voices. Full Review

Lou Lumenick
September 29, 2006
Lou Lumenick, New York Post

An ugly, painfully derivative and sleep-inducing talking-animals cartoon laced with potty humor.

Elizabeth Weitzman
September 29, 2006
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

A story that balances gentle messages with enough goofy anarchy to please any kid. Full Review

Colin Covert
September 29, 2006
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Open Season is a rambunctious blast. It's Sony Pictures Animation's first full-length feature film and no effort was spared getting it right.

Kevin Crust
September 29, 2006
Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times

The movie is a genial romp and because it relies on the gentlest of scatological comedy, it can be enjoyed by all ages. Full Review

Mark Medley
September 29, 2006
Mark Medley, Globe and Mail

The film wraps mindless cartoon violence and a few fart jokes around life lessons about friendship and responsibility. Kids should like it; parents won't mind it. Full Review

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Facts


    • McSquizzy: Freedom!
    • Giselle: [Smiling at Elliot] Sweet!
    • Boog: Uh... ELLIOT!
    • Boog: Get it off! Like a band-aid! Please!
    • Boog: Get it off, like a band-aid please!
    • Elliot: Okay this might hurt a little, and you might want to cover your ears
    • Boog: Cover my what- OW!
    • Elliot: Okay scamp off back to the woods little buddy. Oh porcupines.
    • Elliot: These big wood stick things are called trees.
    • Elliot: These big rocks are called mountains and little rocks are their babies.
    • Boog: Uh... ELLIOT!
    • Elliot: Boogster, ugh. How many times do I have to tell you. 'I'm the incredible Mr. E.'
    • Boog: Eliot... please. Whoa!
    • Elliot: Look, if you don't use the code names who would I know you would be the one talking to me.

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