Movie Review: Hoot directed by Wil Shriner

by Captain Lyaf Yarr

Title: Hoot
Director: Wil Shriner
Run Time: 90 minutes
Rated: PG

Summary: This movie is based off a book by the same title. It's about a boy moving to Florida, and making friends with two kids who are concerned about a pancake house being developed over baby burrowing owl habitat. The trio pull a lot of pranks in an attempt to stop or delay the construction from starting. Can the kids rise the environmental awareness of the community in time to save them?

Why I watched this movie:

I watched this movie because I just finished reading and reviewing the book.

Likes:

• The casting director did a really good job. I liked all the actors that were chosen. They seemed to match the characters pretty well.
• It makes more sense that Dana Matherson is a boy. I thought that Dana was a girl when I listened to the audio version of this book, but a boy bully makes more sense beating up a boy than a girl bully beating up a boy. Well, at least to me anyway!
• At the end of the movie there's this shot of Roy's shoe filled with water and a mullet. It's really funny! That apparently is the signal that Mullet Fingers wanted to see and talk to Roy.
• The baby owls are completely adorable!

Dislikes:

• They never mentioned that Mullet Finger's real name was Napoleon. It wasn't that important, but I think they should have.

• Sometimes Dana was a little too blubbery. It's one of those bully clichés where the bully is really a wimpy kid acting out, but it go to be a little much on occasion.
• I think Roy's nickname "Cowgirl" was also a little overused, before it got too irritating though it stopped. Thank goodness!

Last minute thoughts: This movie was good, but I'm not sure if I'd watch it all that often.

Buy: Hoot (Widescreen)

Movie Rating: I give this movie 3 treasure chests!

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