This was made by Cecil Hepworth in the same year that he produced Rescued by Rover, and it seems incredible that the same filmmaker could make films of such varying quality in the space of one year. The entire film is basically working up towards a punchline which is as unfunny and uninteresting as the build-up before it. A courting couple on a picnic are prevented from enjoying a romantic liaison by their matronly chaperone, so when she falls asleep they sneak behind a hedge, leaving their hats visible at opposite ends of it so that, when she wakes up, the chaperone believes they are sitting far apart (as, undoubtedly, you would in her position). This one's pretty disappointing, it has to be said.
Review of Over the Hedge
