The Bear
The Bear
PG | 27 October 1989 (USA)
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An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.

Reviews
Solemplex

To me, this movie is perfection.

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AniInterview

Sorry, this movie sucks

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WasAnnon

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

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Tedfoldol

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

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Johan Rytters

I'd like to point out that I'm getting tiresome of reviewers either throwing away 1's or 10's and I feel like they are to be used more thoughtfully. At the same time, I cannot stray away from giving this movie a 10 since it's amongst my all-time favorites so I do admit on this being a bit of a double standard. With that said I cannot praise this movie enough. I have no idea how they've done it (If they've violated any animal rights, hoping not of course!) because the craftsmanship of this movie is just amazing. How they've managed to capture the emotions of the animals and made them all perform so naturally is just beyond amazing. I'm so happy that they've used real animals as it just gives this movie an authentic feel. Had it been with today's CGI it would have been a different experience and I'd probably be entertained too but it'll never feel "real" the same way this one did. I like the simplicity of the story and I enjoyed spending time with the bears as well as the hunters. The story doesn't seem one sided and you get the motivation for the hunters and I really like the way the story portrayed them. The two main stars of the movie are of course the bears and as you can guess I loved them both. There was just something heartwarming about their tale and how they connect with each other. One of the few movies to really get me emotional. This is one of those movies I just don't understand why isn't on the top 250 or is more widely regarded. I think I'd to some more digging to see other user's response to it because there must be something I have missed but then again this is solely based on my experience with the movie and "The Bear" is without doubt amongst my top 20 favorite movies and a movie I'd recommend to anyone solely on how mind-blowing well it's made.

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sarah-mccoy

I saw this film when it came out in theaters, and was utterly disappointed in it. The storyline is completely unrealistic and the audio dubbing is horrible and detracts from any value the cinematography may have. As a nature and animal lover, I was so looking forward to this film, but the storyline was so unbelievable and trite, and the sound track so bad that I hated the film and walked out after an hour.I was surprised to see someone linking to a clip from this film on Facebook recently, citing it as a "very engaging and emotive short film". It is still utter tripe.

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fedor8

People who criticize this movie for lack of realism regarding bear behaviour have missed the point. This is not an "Animal Planet" documentary; it is a movie. One reviewer bitches that an adult male bear would have killed or even eaten a bear cub. Who cares? This guy probably watches "Dumbo" and then scratches his empty head, wondering whether he ever saw an elephant that can fly.I wish more of these knuckleheads would put that much "thought" and scrutinize Michael Moore's fantasy propaganda "documentaries" with the same kind of nit-picking zeal.Watching the film, I was torn between enjoying it and wondering if some animals weren't hurt in the making of it after all - in spite of the obligatory end-credits statement that "no animals were harmed". Of course, if any animals WERE harmed, they'd hardly be able to take the film-makers to court, now would they? And their animal relatives? Animals are far too poor to afford lawyers that can go head-to-head against Hollywood's finest scheissters.Obviously, bears can be trained to do all sorts of things, being the intelligent creatures that they are, but some of the scenes were a little dubious. "Look... We'll just drop the cub into a fast stream, and see if he does something funny. If he dies, we'll get another one. Who'll notice?" Am I being paranoid? I don't trust film-makers, especially European ones (not to mention French ones)..."The Bear" is a solid movie. It has its slow/dull moments, but some highlights, as well. The dream sequences were unusual, an interesting approach to trying to get inside the mind of an animal. The bear cub himself was also quite amusing in a number of sequences.The only major criticism I have is that they gave the cub human "baby-voices", i.e. half of the noises we hear from him come from some French actress sitting in a dubbing studio, goo-gooing her a** off to please the director. It just sounds stupid. I would think that the noises a bear-cub makes would be sufficiently amusing/entertaining on their own without such nonsense having to be thrown in.

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Drake1147

I liked and disliked many aspects of this movie. The human noises for the cub were quite annoying at times, but I understood the purpose for them. People need a connection so that they can feel the bear's pain. The humans were crucial to the plot... you need conflict. Dialouge was important too, 88 minutes of a person making slurping and whining noises would've been unbearable without people talking. The hunters however were not so scary. They were scary when I was a kid, however as an adult I found them pretty much harmless. The big bear did more damage in this movie then the hunters. I realize the younger hunter had a life threatening experience, but the way the other two hunters cut there rather steep loses and just left was kind of unbelievable. The bear's dreams were creepy even now and the resolution right at hibernation was perfect. The ultimate feel of this movie was warm and fuzzy and the intent was in the right place.

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