ANIMATED
Fred, my 6-year-old consultant when it comes to kids' movies, gave me strict instructions on how to review this one. "Don't say anything bad," he ordered. So I won't. I will say that Open Season is yet another computer-generated animated comedy featuring cuddly, anthropomorphized forest creatures who crack wise, get into scrapes and are threatened by nasty humans. That doesn't mean that Season, about Boog (Lawrence), a domesticated grizzly bear who finds himself facing down hunters in the woods, isn't clever and fun. It's all that—but with animated kids' fare coming out so frequently these days, this one seems kind of been there, seen that. (PG)
