The movie balances cardboard comic bad-guys with believable teenagers, has the courage to avoid romance, and unlike most Hollywood films suggests parents can be helpful and loving as well as clueless.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
There is nothing objectionable in this family film, but it doesn't seem to appreciate the intelligence and savvy of its youthful audience. Kids can spot a silly stereotypical character as fast as the rest of us.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
Based on the charming young-adult novel by Florida bard Carl Hiaasen, Hoot is a pleasant diversion on the order of a gloriously photographed after-school special.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Jan Stuart
Any charm and character ascribed to Carl Hiaasen's bestselling book have been homogenized in Wil Shriner's flat screenplay and direction.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Lawrence Van Gelder
This sweet-natured but plodding adaptation of a young-adult novel by Carl Hiaasen could have used a little less broad satire of corporate greed and a few more, well, owls.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
Hoot may be warm and fuzzy with its adorable owls, triumphant kids and inviting Florida groves. But its forced, innocuous humor is unlikely to amuse anyone but the very young -- and the extremely forgiving.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Hoot has its heart in the right place, but I have been unable to locate its brain.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
Don't let the Carl Hiaasen pedigree fool you: Hoot is an Afterschool Special too crummy to give a hoot about.Read Full Review »
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