Synopsis

Boog (Martin Lawrence) is living the perfect life. In the tranquil town of

Timberline, the genial grizzly bear enjoys all manner of eature comforts,

courtesy of his surrogate mother, Beth (Debra Messing), the kindhearted forest

ranger who rescued him as a cub. Boog relishes the perks of fame as the star of

Beth’s nature shows in the town’s amphitheatre; and in Beth’s converted garage,

Boog watches his favorite tv shows, eats eight square meals a day and nestles in

a comfy bed each night with his teddy bear, Dinkelman. Yes, Boog seems to

have the perfect life — until Elliot appears.

Elliot (Ashton Kutcher) is a sawny, fast-talking mule deer who arrives in town

unconscious, missing an antler and strapped to the hood of a truck belonging to

fanatical hunter Shaw (Gary Sinise). When Elliot awakes, he begs Boog to untie

him. Boog finds Elliot’s rapid fire pleas hard to ignore, and he releases the

hapless mule deer. However, as if to prove that no good deed goes unpunished

— Elliot tracks Boog down to his home and lures him out for a azy night on the

town—a bender which results in both of them being relocated to the forest.

Boog awakens in the wilderness, panicked to find himse far from the comforts of

home. When Elliot promises to help Boog find his way back to Timberline in

exchange for space in Boog's cushy digs, the bewildered bear with no survival

skills has no choice but to agree to the unlikely partnership. With open season

upon them, Boog and Elliot must first work together merely to survive. The odd

couple embarks on a hilarious journey, enlisting the aid of some helping hands—

er, paws—along the way as they join forces with the denizens of the forest to

turn the tables on the hunters, and once again make the forest safe for its fourlegged

inhabitants.