This is actually the Christy pick for September but it didn't arrive until Oct 1. Netflix didn't have a disc available until then.Boog (Martin Lawrence) has a pretty cushy life for a grizzly. He has his own bed in the garage of Ranger Beth's (Debra Messing) house, crunchy fish treats, and a job entertaining tour groups. A mistaken act of kindness sees Boog freeing a stunned deer from the hood of a psychotic hunter's (Gary Sinise) truck. The deer, Elliot (Ashton Kutcher), tries to repay this favor by taking Boog out for a night on the town. The resulting damage forces Beth to release Boog back to the woods, two days before hunting season. He has to make it back to his beloved town before he ends up a rug on someone's cabin floor.
This wasn't a terrible movie, like most of the ones Christy has picked. I think animated films are a much safer bet. That being said, this sure ain't no Pixar. It's cute and some of it is funny but it relies far too much on hackneyed perceptions about forest animals. There's no real character arc for Boog and even less of one for Elliot. Frankly, the only consistently entertaining character was Shaw the hunter, and that's because Gary Sinise was hilariously playing against type. I would call this middling-to-good overall.
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