Today’s page looks at the film “Hoot,” adapted from Carl Hiaasen’s award-winning book, about Florida’s tiny burrowing owls and the huge effort to save them. In “Hoot,” hero Roy ...

“Hoot,” Rated PG, 90 minutes. This witty family film has enough mystery and edge to keep attentive kids age 8 and older entertained. Directed with a sense of fun by Wil Shriner, “Hoot ...

Actor and comedian Shriner ends up generally stuck in small-screen mode as “Hoot” plays out with the modest pace, tone and production values of a cable-TV movie. “Hoot” just feels too thin ...

Rating: PG for mild bullying and brief language. What it’s about: Middle-school kids, led by a drop-out, use their wits to try to save burrowing owls from a developer in south Florida.