The OPEN SEASON franchise muddles on. The quirky tongue-in-cheek jokes seem a bit forced and the story line appears hurried. This Open Season, Boog, the grizzly, is voiced by Matthew J. Munn and there is hardly any improvement since the last outing. Of course the younger viewers will not judge so harshly. The boisterous Boog is more than ready for the annual guy's trip; but his buddies want to stay home and spend the time with their families. This is not going to get Boog totally down; the jovial brown bear decides to head out alone and see where his whims take him. Boog didn't plan on finding himself working in a traveling circus from Russia. When the circus decides to pack up and head back to Russia, Boog's big-top desires wane. What he doesn't know is that best bud Elliot(Matthew Taylor)and the rest of his friends are on the way to bring their furry pal back home. Other featured voices include: Crispin Glover, Dana Snyder, Ciara Bravo, Karley Scott Collins, Fred Stoler and Jeff Bennett.

Although it was less than perfect, I enjoyed the first Open Season. The second was bland but had its moments. Apart from two characters, Roger who I've always liked and is quite fun here and Fifi mainly for Crispin Glover, Open Season 3 is a mess. The animation is mostly sub-par, the background art needed more fluidity and the character designs are blocky. The music has some jaunty moments but overall forgettable. The writing is poor, the jokes are neither clever or witty and the dialogue is a vast majority of the time unfunny. The story is thin, predictable and I think rushed too, and the characters apart from Fifi and Roger are no longer likable and cute. The voice acting is mostly lifeless, with the replacement for Billy Connolly's accent embarrassingly overdone. In conclusion, not recommended at all sadly. 2/10 Bethany Cox

After the guys back out of a trip Boog (Voice of Epps) wonders what else is in the world. When Boog finds a traveling circus full of bears he thinks he found the perfect place, until he learns they will be going back to Russia. When his friends find out they go on a rescue mission led be Elliot (Voice of McHale). I was not a big fan of Open Season 1 and never saw Open Season 2, but I really liked this one. It was made for kids, but had enough jokes in it to keep me entertained and laughing with them. Not really a lot to review here as it is a kids movie, but I will say its fun for the whole family. I give it a B. My kids give it a B+.

Why does everyone think that kids are stupid or they can't actually spot a poorly made movie. I watched Open Season 1 and 2 before. IMO they were fine children movies. Now, I have seen some weak animations before but this really surprised me.I tried to laugh in this movie but I think my hand was busy facepalming. In short, I regretted watching this movie. I thought maybe they will end with a bang and I would get some fond memories out of it, but no, they just ruined all the magic and probably made me hate this trilogy.Unless you're a slow kid or just love these characters, I would recommend you avoid this movie. Watch something else or try watching something from the past.TL;DR, Life is short, don't waste it on this one.