Over the Hedge
Get over it.
2006 | 84m | English
Popularity: 10 (history)
| Director: | Karey Kirkpatrick, Tim Johnson |
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| Writer: | Len Blum, Karey Kirkpatrick, Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton |
| Staring: |
| A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that popped up while they were hibernating – and learns a lesson about family himself. | |
| Release Date: | May 17, 2006 |
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| Director: | Karey Kirkpatrick, Tim Johnson |
| Writer: | Len Blum, Karey Kirkpatrick, Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton |
| Genres: | Animation, Family, Comedy |
| Keywords | squirrel, garden, grizzly bear, entrapment, suburbian idyll, garbage, forest, racoon, suburb, animals, cartoon turtle |
| Production Companies | DreamWorks Animation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $343,397,247
Budget: $80,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 30, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Bruce Willis | RJ (voice) |
| Garry Shandling | Verne (voice) |
| Steve Carell | Hammy (voice) |
| Wanda Sykes | Stella (voice) |
| William Shatner | Ozzie (voice) |
| Nick Nolte | Vincent (voice) |
| Thomas Haden Church | Dwayne (voice) |
| Allison Janney | Gladys (voice) |
| Eugene Levy | Lou (voice) |
| Catherine O'Hara | Penny (voice) |
| Avril Lavigne | Heather (voice) |
| Omid Djalili | Tiger (voice) |
| Sami Kirkpatrick | Bucky (voice) |
| Shane Baumel | Spike (voice) |
| Madison Davenport | Quillo (voice) |
| Ariel Winter | (voice) |
| Jessie Flower | (voice) |
| Paul Butcher | Skeeter (voice) |
| Zoe Randol | Mackenzie (voice) |
| Jessica DiCicco | Shelby (voice) |
| Debra Wilson | Debbie (voice) |
| Sean Bishop | Police Officer (voice) |
| Jeannie Elias | Janis (voice) |
| Kejon Kesse | Timmy (voice) |
| Sean Yazbeck | BBQ Barry (voice) |
| Geoffrey Pomeroy | Ranger (voice) |
| Joel McCrary | Dr. Dennis (voice) |
| Lee Bienstock | Lunch Table Larry (voice) |
| Brian Stepanek | Nugent the Dog (voice) |
| Steve Alterman | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Erin Lander | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Kirk Baily | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Jordan Orr | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Jessie Flower | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Michelle Ruff | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Nicholas Guest | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Greyson Spann | Additional Voices (voice) |
| David Hiller | Additional Voices (voice) |
| April Lawrence | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Bridget Hoffman | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Marcelo Tubert | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Sandy Holt | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Ariel Winter | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Talula Holt | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Len Blum | Screenplay |
| Karey Kirkpatrick | Screenplay, Director |
| Michael Fry | Characters |
| Stephen J. Eads | Thanks |
| Rob Letterman | Thanks |
| Eric Forsberg | Additional Dialogue |
| Rachel Bolt | Musician |
| Tom Boyd | Musician |
| Alessandro Carloni | Storyboard Artist, Animation |
| Theodore Anthony Lee Ty | Animation |
| Maurissa Horwitz | First Assistant Editor |
| Randy Thom | Sound Mixer |
| Richard L. Anderson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Serguei Kouchnerov | Animation |
| Hans Zimmer | Executive Music Producer |
| Charlie Ramos | Modeling |
| Brandon Proctor | Sound Mix Technician |
| John T. Cucci | Foley Artist |
| Derek Casari | ADR Engineer |
| James Ashwill | Foley Mixer |
| Joshua Pruett | Story Coordinator, Script Coordinator |
| Dan A. Walker | Animation Technical Director |
| Kristen D. Chidel | Production Executive, Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Mary M. Quinn | Administrative Assistant |
| Jeff Snow | Head of Story |
| Christian Schellewald | Art Direction |
| Damon O'Beirne | Cinematography, Head of Layout |
| Tim Johnson | Director |
| Ben Folds | Songs |
| Tom Lewis | Characters |
| Lorne Cameron | Screenplay |
| David Hoselton | Screenplay |
| Pat Sito | Art Department Manager |
| Steve Cunningham | Animation |
| Emile Ghorayeb | Animation |
| Steven E. Gordon | Additional Storyboarding, Storyboard |
| Alan Meyerson | Scoring Mixer |
| John O'Sullivan | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Stuart Sumida | Thanks |
| Kathy Altieri | Production Design |
| Darci Zalvin | Animation Supervisor |
| James Beshears | Post Production Supervisor |
| Michael H. Lee | Visual Effects Technical Director |
| Patrick Marc Hanenberger | Visual Development |
| Bruce White | Musician |
| Mark Berrow | Musician |
| Tony Clarke | Additional Music |
| Vicki Hunter | Finance |
| David Juan Bianchi | Production Coordinator |
| Leslee Feldman | Casting |
| Buck Lewis | Character Designer, Lead Character Designer |
| Halli Cauthery | Additional Music |
| Ariandy Chandra | Title Designer |
| Mike de Seve | Script Consultant |
| Jennifer L. Hoskin | Actor's Assistant |
| Gianni Aliotti | Compositors |
| James Hull | Animation |
| Dan Newell | Musician |
| Erik Mattson | CG Supervisor |
| Damon Bard | Sculptor |
| Tony Sereno | Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Jonathan Snowden | Musician |
| Laurence Cottle | Musician |
| Morgan R. Kelly | Animation |
| Nicholas Bucknall | Musician |
| Angel G. Salinas | Production Coordinator |
| Wendy Berry Campbell | Production Coordinator |
| Kolja Erman | CGI Director |
| Shaun Collaco | Lighting Artist |
| James Thatcher | Musician |
| Fern Lee | Thanks |
| Chris Poche | Additional Dialogue |
| Terri Anderson | Finance |
| Reuben Simon | Foley Editor |
| Abhay Manusmare | Score Engineer |
| Philip K. Livingston Jr. | Animation |
| Alastair King | Orchestrator |
| John K. Carr | Editor |
| Kathy Cavaiola | Production Supervisor |
| Steve Lee | Sound Effects Editor |
| Cameron Stevning | Thanks |
| Paul Shardlow | Art Direction |
| Jane Poole | Costume Design |
| Ben H. Kwa | Software Engineer |
| Tiffany Moss | Actor's Assistant |
| Michael Zavala | Modeling |
| Mike Chock | Sound Effects Editor |
| Mark Fattibene | CG Supervisor |
| Liang-Yuan Wang | Lighting Artist |
| Hernan Silberman | Software Engineer |
| Gregory Brentin | Supervising Technical Director |
| Dennis Recchia | Lighting Artist |
| Ray Felipe | Script Researcher |
| Mark Coffey | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Scott Claus | Animation |
| Jeffrey Joe | Animation |
| Kevin Vassey | Visual Effects |
| William Salazar | Supervising Animator |
| Kristof Serrand | Supervising Animator |
| Matthieu Grospiron | Lighting Artist |
| Michael Lynn | Production Coordinator |
| Jeff Chasin | Production Coordinator |
| Alison Fedrick Donahue | Production Supervisor |
| George Doering | Musician |
| Thomas Jones | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Arnaud Berthier | Animation |
| Donnachada Daly | Animation |
| Thomas Estrada | Animation |
| Tim Ingersoll | Animation |
| Kevin Koch | Animation |
| Karl Armstrong | Assistant Editor |
| Mark A. Hester | Associate Editor |
| Milton E. Rodriguez-Rios | CG Supervisor |
| Bruce Seifert | Production Manager |
| Beau DeSilva | Animation |
| Nico Marlet | Character Designer |
| Steve McGrath | Modeling |
| Jeff Wagner | Modeling |
| William Opdyke | Visual Effects |
| Jennifer Dahlman | Production Supervisor |
| Christopher Lee Capel | Animation |
| Chris Kirshbaum | Animation |
| Sean Mahoney | Animation |
| Kathy Zielinski | Animation |
| Max Boas | Visual Development |
| David Caeiro Cebrián | Visual Effects |
| Paul Rademacher | Visual Effects |
| Andrea McCarthy Paul | Production Accountant |
| Mark Binder | Sound Designer |
| Aaron Kirby | Animation |
| Sean McLaughlin | Animation |
| Lori Korngiebel | Post Production Supervisor |
| Celeste Leger | Casting Assistant |
| Dan O'Connell | Foley |
| Eric Daniels | Animation |
| Bert Poole | CG Supervisor |
| Derek Mann | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Christopher Leahy | Production Coordinator |
| Rodrigo Ortiz-Parraga | Foley Editor |
| Luci Napier | Animation |
| Jakob Hjort Jensen | Character Designer |
| Joshua West | Modeling |
| Scott Kilty | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Larry Weisberg | Production Office Coordinator |
| Chris Douridas | Music Supervisor |
| Jason Schleifer | Animation |
| Jaewon Lee | Modeling |
| Mark Schoellkopf | Post Production Assistant |
| Dave Burgess | Supervising Animator |
| Amanda Deering Jones | Script Coordinator |
| Malia P. Russell | Production Coordinator |
| Roberto Espanto Domingo | Animation |
| Antony Gray | Animation |
| Tony Siruno | Character Designer |
| Alex McDonnell | Assistant Editor |
| Bob Newlan | Foley Editor |
| Claire Morrissey | Animation |
| Paul Duncan | Visual Development |
| Mo Henry | Negative Cutter |
| Ozgur Ustundag | Lighting Artist |
| Matt Pomeroy | Production Supervisor |
| Caprice Ann Ridgeway | Researcher |
| Jeremy Bernstein | Animation |
| John P. Rand | Modeling |
| Ron Lukas | Visual Development |
| Ritchie Sacilioc | Visual Development |
| Dave Walvoord | CG Supervisor |
| John R. Miller | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Gina Gallo | Associate Editor |
| Patrice Avery | Production Supervisor |
| Craig Rittenbaum | Production Supervisor |
| Chris Bancroft | Animation |
| Willy Harber | Animation |
| Ben Rush | Animation |
| Hyun Huh | Modeling |
| Andy Chen | VFX Artist |
| Jason Reisig | Supervising Animator |
| Terry Claborn | Color Timer |
| Stephanie C. Lee | Production Coordinator |
| Bethany Wilksen | Production Supervisor |
| Raffaella Filipponi | Animation |
| Scott Wright | Animation |
| Tony K. Williams | Modeling |
| Nadja Bonacina | Modeling |
| Joe Palrang | CG Supervisor |
| Barbara Ford | Post-Production Manager |
| Lei Han | Lighting Artist |
| Amy Rae Jones | Lighting Artist |
| Marny Nahrwold | Production Supervisor |
| Andy Sisul | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Josephine Nericcio | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Eric Deuel | Animation |
| Heather Knight | Animation |
| Marek Kochout | Animation |
| Craig Ring | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Paul Chung | Supervising Animator |
| Bart Feliciano | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Mary Blee | Associate Editor |
| Slamm Andrews | Music Editor |
| Frank Wolf | Scoring Mixer |
| Ronald G. Roumas | Sound Recordist |
| Kevin MacLean | Animation |
| Fredrik Nilsson | Animation |
| Sean Sexton | Animation |
| John Hill | Supervising Animator |
| Stephen E. Ross | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Susan Fitzer | Associate Editor |
| Kevin Edwards | Lighting Artist |
| Christopher Lexington | Lighting Artist |
| Kristina Reed | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| David A. Whittaker | Sound Effects Editor |
| Jim Van der Keyl | Animation |
| Chris Wahl | Animation |
| Karen Smith | VFX Artist |
| Wayne Hellinger | Post Production Coordinator |
| Lok Ming Hwa | Layout Supervisor |
| Melchior Zwyer | Props |
| Tom Kramer | Additional Music |
| Zahida Bacchus | Digital Intermediate Producer |
| Brendan O'Connor | Production Assistant |
| Michael Miller | ADR Mixer |
| Max Boas | Matte Painter |
| Julie Imboden Keel | Music Coordinator |
| Courtney Bishop | ADR Recordist |
| Jim Mainard | Head of Research |
| Simon Otto | Art Department Manager |
| Lorne Balfe | Thanks |
| Rupert Gregson-Williams | Conductor, Orchestrator, Original Music Composer |
| Gary Rizzo | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Simon Wells | Storyboard Artist |
| Sean Bishop | Storyboard Artist |
| David Lux | Storyboard Artist |
| Tom Owens | Storyboard Artist |
| Bill Riling | Storyboard Artist |
| Gary Graham | Storyboard Artist |
| Ash Brannon | Additional Storyboarding |
| Steve Hickner | Additional Storyboarding |
| Devin Crane | Additional Storyboarding |
| Mark Koetsier | Additional Storyboarding |
| Philip Craven | Additional Storyboarding |
| Denise Koyama | Additional Storyboarding |
| Steve Fonti | Additional Storyboarding |
| Todd Kurosawa | Additional Storyboarding |
| Wilbert Plijnaar | Additional Storyboarding |
| Rodolphe Guenoden | Additional Storyboarding |
| Toby Shelton | Additional Storyboarding |
| Bill Díaz | Animation |
| Juan Peralta | Sound Re-Recording Assistant, Sound Mix Technician |
| David Soren | Story Artist, Storyboard Artist |
| Maggie Kang | Storyboard Artist |
| Thom Enriquez | Storyboard Artist |
| Will Finn | Storyboard Artist |
| Conrad Vernon | Storyboard Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Bonnie Arnold | Producer |
| Jim Cox | Co-Executive Producer |
| Ellen Coss | Associate Producer |
| Christian Kubsch | Producer |
| Bill Damaschke | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Globes | Best Animated Feature | N/A | Nominated |
Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 47 | 63 | 32 |
| 2024 | 5 | 59 | 75 | 37 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 33 | 48 | 26 |
| 2024 | 10 | 47 | 78 | 29 |
| 2024 | 11 | 39 | 74 | 27 |
| 2024 | 12 | 39 | 63 | 27 |
| 2025 | 1 | 44 | 64 | 31 |
| 2025 | 2 | 37 | 59 | 7 |
| 2025 | 3 | 13 | 49 | 3 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 942 | 942 |
Vincent did nothing wrong. Dude just wanted his food. I found <em>'Over the Hedge'</em> to be a rather dull affair. The cast try, the likes of Bruce Willis, Steve Carell, Wanda Sykes, Nick Nolte and Thomas Haden Church are all fine and probably help the film avoid an even lower rating from myself ... . It's just everything else that I didn't click with, from the lame plot set-up to the animation to the humour. Just real forgettable. Of course I'm not the target audience and all that, but still. Either way, it's a film that failed to hold my attention sufficiently. I will say there is one gag in there that got a chuckle out of me and that was the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PomZJao7Raw" rel="nofollow">THX ident</a> one - there's never been a truer scene! I remember that and the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAUJKRYieSM" rel="nofollow">Icon Entertainment</a> one making me rush under my duvet with minor fright as a young kid when watching DVDs at night. Just me? Probably. Anyway, to summarise my thoughts on this 2006 release: Not good, kinda surprised to see it rated rather well on here - to each their own, as always. It does have a catchy end credits song though, I'll give it that.
Alright, let's talk about "Over the Hedge"! Seriously, this movie? A solid 10/10! It's like, super underrated, you know? First off, the animation is just... wow! It's so colorful and lively. The characters move in such a fun, cartoony way, and all the little details, like the fur on the animals o ... r the shiny gadgets, are amazing. It's way better than just "average" animation. And the story! It's so clever. You've got these woodland critters waking up from hibernation and finding a giant hedge and a whole new world of human stuff. RJ the raccoon is hilarious and sneaky, and the rest of the gang, like Verne the turtle and Hammy the squirrel, are just so lovable. It's funny, but it also has a really sweet message about family and sticking together. The jokes? Oh my gosh, they're so good! There are jokes for everyone, from silly slapstick to smart, witty lines. You'll be laughing the whole time. Plus, the action scenes are super exciting, like when they're trying to steal all the human food. It's a rollercoaster ride! Seriously, "Over the Hedge" is a masterpiece. It's got everything: great animation, a funny and heartwarming story, and characters you'll totally fall in love with. If you haven't seen it, you absolutely have to! It's way, way above average, and it deserves way more love!