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Spring has not yet sprung and RJ has already gotten himself into trouble with Vincent (Nick Nolte), a hibernating bear. In trying to steal Vincents winter stash of junk food, RJ not only wakes up the not-so-gentle giant but also manages to lose the load of Spuddies and other vending machine favorites in the process. Gruff-voiced Vincent gives him seven days to replace it all. In another part of the wilderness, a small band of critters is waking up from its own hibernation in a log. The improbable menagerie includes a fleet-of-foot but slow-of-mind squirrel named Hammy (Steve Carell); Stella, an attitudinal skunk (Wanda Sykes); father and daughter possums Ozzie and Heather (William Shatner and Avril Lavigne); a family of porcupines (headed by Eugene Levy and Catherine OHara); and Verne, their timid leader. To their dismay, the woodland they call home has been surrounded by the menacing greenery of the title, beyond which lies a subdivision of exurban proportions that has apparently been built during the winter. RJ knows a world-class team of foragers when he sees one and hoodwinks them — over Vernes strenuous objections — into helping him build a war chest of food that he secretly plans to turn over to Vincent. The plan includes breaching the hedge — which the critters call Steve — and looting the home of Gladys (Allison Janney), a tightly wound human and president of the homeowners association. Fearing the end of suburban tranquillity, Gladys hires Dwayne, a.k.a. the Verminator (Thomas Haden Church), a high-tech exterminator with nuclear-powered tools. Although DreamWorks characteristically splurged for an all-star voice cast, the filmmakers seem to value action over characterization. Depressingly generic, the anthropomorphized creatures could easily be plucked from any number of animated films over the last 70 years, and the two main humans are strictly one-dimensional. The frenetic, action-oriented (and fairly violent) set-pieces are well crafted, but without inte