Plot
A young man (Lerman) moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he's compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls.
Release Year: 2006
Rating: 5.2/10 (3,464 voted)
Critic's Score: 46/100
Director:
Wil Shriner
Stars: Logan Lerman, Luke Wilson, Brie Larson
Storyline The story of 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, and that a tough girl at his school named Beatrice has some connection with the barefoot boy, who has some connection with vandalism at the construction site. When they realize that a population of endangered burrowing owls is threatened by new construction the kids decide to take on crooked politicians and bumbling cops in the hope of saving their new friends.
Writers: Wil Shriner, Carl Hiaasen
Cast: Luke Wilson
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Delinko
Logan Lerman
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Roy Eberhardt
Brie Larson
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Beatrice
Tim Blake Nelson
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Curly
Cody Linley
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Mullet Fingers
Neil Flynn
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Mr. Eberhardt
Clark Gregg
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Muckle
Kiersten Warren
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Mrs. Eberhardt
Jessica Cauffiel
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Kimberly
Dean Collins
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Garrett
Robert Wagner
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Mayor Grandy
Eric Phillips
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Dana
Jimmy Buffett
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Mr. Ryan
John Archie
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Captain
Robert Donner
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Kalo
Taglines:
It's time to stand up for the little guys.
Opening Weekend: $3,368,197
(USA)
(7 May 2006)
(3018 Screens)
Gross: $8,080,116
(USA)
(4 June 2006)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
USA:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
The fine print beneath the newspaper photo showing the spray-painted police car credits Wil Shriner as the photographer.
Goofs:
Continuity:
The drinking cups at the seafood restaurant move when the Captain and Officer Delinko are eating lunch in the first half hour of the movie.
Quotes: Roy Eberhardt:
Hey, Dad? Mr. Eberhardt:
Yeah? Roy Eberhardt:
What do you do to catch the bad guys? Mr. Eberhardt:
At work? Well, we don't chase our bad guys down the street. The trick is to catch them in their paperwork. Sooner or later, they all slip up and leave a trail. Roy Eberhardt:
Right. Mr. Eberhardt:
I know it's boring stuff, it's not the razzle-dazzle you were hoping for. Roy Eberhardt:
I don't know. Maybe it is.
User Review
Plain and simple, a NICE movie
Rating: 7/10
My family (two 40-somethings, an 8 year old and my 71 yr old mother)
saw this at a sneak preview on April 29th. We all enjoyed the movie
very much. The story was a good one, and knowing it was based on
real-life events made it that much more enjoyable. Luke Wilson was a
hoot (pun intended) to watch as was Tim Blake Nelson. And seeing Neil
Flynn play something other than "the mean janitor from Scrubs" was
nice. The kids in movie did well and I'm sure they will all appeal to a
certain demographic on the heartthrob level. The visuals were just
lovely and the Jimmy Buffet music added to the "Florida feel". OK,
maybe the story was a little too neat and well packaged for some
adults, but hey, who cares? I can't compare it to the book, I honestly
hadn't heard of it until the movie came out.
It was just a NICE movie and it had a good message. Plain and simple.
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