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Hoot

Overview


Genre :

Adventure, Mystery

Release Date :

May 05, 2006

MPAA Rating :

PG

Director :

Wil Shriner

Starring :

Logan Lerman, Luke Wilson, Brie Larson, Tim Blake Nelson, Robert Wagner, Cody Linley, Dean Collins, Neil Flynn, Jimmy Buffett

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

3 of 10

“..more like a poor after school special than an adaptation of an award winning children's book..”
by Scott Chitwood [Comingsoon]
3 of 4

“..isn't the most elegantly made movie..”
by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
2.5 of 4

“..has a certain made-for-TV or old-fashioned feel..”
by Barbara Vancheri [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
1.5 of 4

“..disappointingly lackluster from start to finish..”
by Tim Knight [Reel]
3 of 5

“..as flatly and sincerely as an afterschool special..”
by Tasha Robinson [The Onion A.V. Club]
2.5 of 5

“..As family films go, "Hoot" is harmless enough..”
by Gerry Shamray [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland]
2 of 5

“..an Afterschool Special too crummy to give a hoot about..”
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
4.5 of 5
Reviewed by Nancy Churnin [The Dallas Morning News]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by [The Movie Chicks]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Tim Cogshell [Boxoffice Magazine]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Sean O'Connell [Filmcritic]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ed Gonzalez [Slant Magazine]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Jeff Vice [Deseret News, Salt Lake City]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Eric Lurio [Greenwich Village Gazette]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Toddy Burton [Austin Chronicle]
2 of 5
Reviewed by William Goss [eFilmCritic]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Bill Muller [The Arizona Republic]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
Reviewed by Michael Rechtshaffen [The Hollywood Reporter]
Reviewed by Steve Schneider [Orlando Weekly]
Reviewed by Ken Eisner [Georgia Straight]
Reviewed by Joe Leydon [Variety]
Reviewed by MaryAnn Johanson [The Flick Filosopher]
Reviewed by Jean Lowerison [San Diego Metropolitan]

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