Open Season (2006)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Directors:

Roger Allers
Jill Culton

Writers:

Steve Moore (story) and
John B. Carls (story) ...

Release Date:

29 September 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

One Fur All & All Fur One.

Plot:

Boog, a domesticated 900lb. Grizzly bear finds himself stranded in the woods 3 days before Open Season. Forced to rely on Elliot, a fast-talking mule deer, the two form an unlikely friendship and must quickly rally other forest animals if they are to form a rag-tag army against the hunters.

Plot Keywords:

Hunter | Grizzly | Forest | Bear | Deer

Awards:

1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Martin Lawrence	...	Boog (voice)
Ashton Kutcher	...	Elliot (voice)
Gary Sinise	...	Shaw (voice)
Debra Messing	...	Beth (voice)
Billy Connolly	...	McSquizzy (voice)
Georgia Engel	...	Bobbie (voice)
Jon Favreau	...	Reilly (voice)
Jane Krakowski	...	Giselle (voice)
Gordon Tootoosis	...	Gordy (voice)
Patrick Warburton	...	Ian (voice)
Cody Cameron	...	Mr. Weenie (voice)
Nika Futterman	...	Rosie (voice)
Danny Mann	...	Serge (voice)
Jack McGee	...	Hunter (voice)
Michelle Murdocca	...	Maria (voice)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some rude humor, mild action and brief language.

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS (8 channels) | DTS | Sonics-DDP (IMAX version) | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG | Netherlands:AL | Ireland:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-7 | UK:PG | Germany:o.Al. | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Indonesia:SU | Malaysia:U | Australia:G | Hong Kong:I | Argentina:Atp | Portugal:M/6 | South Korea:All | Sweden:7 | New Zealand:G | South Africa:A

Filming Locations:

Sony Pictures Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Sony Pictures Animation

Trivia:

Out of all the directors, Roger Allers was the only one who had experienced feature film directing before.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At the beginning of the movie Beth loads a large blue cooler and a smaller red one into the back of her jeep. They are no where to be seen when Boog jumps into the back a few minutes later.

Quotes:

Shaw: Don't trust him. Pets are double agents. the moment you turn your backs, he'll shiv you.
Bobbie: Oh, no he can't. We had him fixed.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Braveheart (1995)

Soundtrack:

The Teddy Bears' Picnic

See It In IMAX 3D

The kids loved it, and I was not bored, and that is more than what you usually end up with these days. The 3D IMAX is truly amazing, if you are already paying the theater admission then IMAX is definitely the way to go. The story is not original, to say the least, but they know it and keep it short. I liked the voice talent, although this "the wiener dog has a German accent" thing gets old fast. A lot of people seem to hate this one with a vengeance (look at the distribution of the votes with all those people giving 1), but it still gets a 5.5 average, so that gives you a pretty good idea. This is no Incredibles by any means, but the two little girls I took enjoyed it a heck of a lot more than Cars. Mostly harmless family fun with a few bathroom jokes thrown in: enjoy!