Open Season

"Though hardly the first animated film to tackle the plight of domesticated animals returning to the wild, "Open Season" is a witty, warmly crafted chestnut that reps a promising feature debut from Sony's upstart toon division..."

"An excellent case for euthanizing the entire talking-animals genre..."

"Given that so many people have dismissed Ashton Kutcher as a superficial pretty boy, it seems a little ironic that his best work this week is two-dimensional: He makes a passable action hero in "The Guardian," but he's downright adorable in Open Season, a cheerful animated comedy built on his winningly loose voice performance..."

"Despite that nagging whiff of familiarity, there are enough character quirks and inspired bits of funny business to carry this amiable if slight tale..."

"The overfamiliar Open Season feels like just another CG 'toon in our 'toon-glutted times..."

"Fatally lacking laughs and a real sense of adventure, this is a sporadically funny and awkwardly animated curiosity..."

"Can you bear it? First Madagascar, then The Wild, and now Open Season, yet another CG cartoon about domesticated animals returning to nature..."