Hoot
Seen it?2006 | 91 min | Family, Adventure
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With just 26% on Rotten Tomatoes and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for adventure fans and families. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 31 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
A young man moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he's compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
26% on Rotten Tomatoes, 26 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
5.6 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$15 million worldwide on a $15 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 67K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Wil Shriner
- Luke WilsonDelinko
- Logan LermanRoy Eberhardt
- Brie LarsonBeatrice "The Bear" Leep
- Tim Blake NelsonCurly
- Cody LinleyMullet Fingers
- Neil FlynnMr. Eberhardt
- Clark GreggMuckle
- Kiersten WarrenMrs. Eberhardt
- Jessica CauffielKimberly
- Dean CollinsGarrett