- CELEBRITY
- 07:30 AM, Apr 24
more like a poor after school special than an adaptation of an award winning children's bookby Scott Chitwood [Comingsoon ]
isn't the most elegantly made movieby Ty Burr [Boston Globe ]
has a certain made-for-TV or old-fashioned feelby Barbara Vancheri [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ]
disappointingly lackluster from start to finishby Tim Knight [Reel ]
as flatly and sincerely as an afterschool specialby Tasha Robinson [The Onion A.V. Club ]
As family films go, "Hoot" is harmless enoughby Gerry Shamray [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland ]
an Afterschool Special too crummy to give a hoot aboutby Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ]