“Open Season,” the first feature-length animated film from Sony Pictures Animation, lives up to the legacy created by the modern animation genre.

Boog, a trained performing grizzly bear, is led to misbehave by a one-horned deer and sent to live in the forest three days before the open season for hunting.

Martin Lawrence heads a well-known voice cast as Boog. Unfortunately, the best part about his character is the great work with the animation.

Lawrence doesn’t come across as his usual comic self. His interactions with Elliot, the “unihorn,” are stilted at best.

Ashton Kutcher, on the other hand, is hilarious as the voice of Elliot. He is the leading character in the movie. The best lines are reserved for him and delivered with precision.

Although it lifts certain aspects of the movie from previous animated features, the plot is strong and remains entertaining throughout.

The movie’s similarity to “Shrek” is unmistakable, with the ogre and donkey replaced by a grizzly bear trying to return home and an unwanted,annoying deer.

There are also scenes reminiscent of “Bambi,” involving Giselle, voiced by Jane Krakowski, and Elliot.

Beth, Boog’s previous owner, voiced by Debra Messing, tries to leave Boog above the waterfall and away from the eager hunters waiting out the days before open season begins.

Elliot and Boog somehow manage to get themselves and an assortment of forest creatures over on the wrong side of the falls and in the direct path of the hunters.

Shaw, voiced by Gary Sinise, is a hunter with a need for revenge. He believes the forest animals are conspiring against the humans. He is out to get them and will break every rule to do so.

The supporting characters also succeeded in bringing laughter to the audience, which consisted mostly of parents or grandparents with their kids.

McSquizzy, voiced by Billy Connolly, is the inexplicably Scottish squirrel leading a group of warrior squirrels armed with nuts.

Even though a lot of his speech was incomprehensible, what did come across was funny, including a clever spoof on “Braveheart” during the squirrel attack on the humans.

Maria and Rosie, voiced by Michelle Murdocca and Nika Futterman, are the Latin skunks, who have great dialogue with each other. Their Latin attitude and the banter between them about men is both entertaining and relatable.

Elliot’s reaction to tasting coffee for the first time, starting from hating its bitterness to continuing to drink it and becoming addicted, is something any college student can relate to.

Following a formula many animated films have started using, this movie throws in scenes with references to adult themes, such as when Boog starts acting drunk, allegedly from eating too many “woohoo” bars.

Overall, “Open Season” is entertaining for kids and adults alike. It is not all that unique, but delivers some solid laughs regardless.