Slowly Learning...

So finally a good movie in the theatre! It took long enough... This one was actually funny, well done, had great voice talents, and music by Ben Folds. True the story wasn't overally inventive and the characters are a little cookie cutter: you've got the old leader of the group [Gary Shandling], the daughter ashamed of her father [Avril and Shatner], the family [Eugene Levy and co.], the hidden beauty [Wanda Sykes], and the new scheming member who wins their hearts, betrays them, then wins them back [Bruce Willis], all topped off by two villians who are out to get them, but it still worked out well. Just don't expect too many real shocking surprises. Oh, and did I mention they also have Steve Carell as a fantastically over hyper squril? Maybe that was the saving grace (along with the good choices in voice talent, I mean how can you go wrong with Shatner?). It's kind of sad to think that this was the movie where I was the only one in the theater, not the other few I've seen lately.

RATING: Worth Full Price, Worth a Definite Rental