Brother Bear (2003)
Average Rating: 5.5/10
Reviews Counted: 125
Fresh: 48 | Rotten: 77
Brother Bear is gentle and pleasant if unremarkable Disney fare, with so-so animation and generic plotting.
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 21
Brother Bear is gentle and pleasant if unremarkable Disney fare, with so-so animation and generic plotting.
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In the Disney-animated adventure Brother Bear, Joaquin Phoenix provides the voice of Kenai, a young Native American boy whose brother, Sitka (voice of D.B. Sweeney), is killed by a mother bear protecting her cubs. With revenge in mind, Kenai sets out into the woods only to find himself magically transformed into a bear himself. Seeing the world through the eyes of his prey, Kenai is forced to learn a lesson about nature and life. On a comic footnote: Brother Bear also features the voices of Rick
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Cast
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Joaquin Phoenix
Kenoia -
Jeremy Suarez
Koda -
Jason Raize
Denahi -
Rick Moranis
Rutt -
Dave Thomas
Tuke -
D.B. Sweeney
Sitka -
Joan Copeland
Tanana -
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Harold Gould
Old Denahi -
Paul Christie
Ram #1 -
Daniel Mastrogiorgio
Ram #2 -
Estelle Harris
Old Lady Bear -
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All Critics (126) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (53) | Rotten (78) | DVD (28)
Modest but guileless.
Brother Bear is a very mild animated entry from Disney with a distinctly recycled feel.
Another watchable, old-fashioned, uninspired Disney animation.
Top CriticA lame duck of a movie.
It feels like a project that got quietly pushed through the pipeline while the studio gears up for bigger and better things.
Give one chef eggs, cream, and sugar, and he'll produce creme brulee. In another kitchen, you'll get plain old vanilla pudding. What we have in Brother Bear, for all the potentially tasty ingredients, is pudding.
...often just as dull as it is engaging...
Lackluster story only for kindergarteners.
If "the CEO wants to sell teddy bears" isn't going to inspire writers to do their best work, what on Earth possibly could?
Compared to the Disney classics, this is a lazy and forgettable misfire.
A sweet family film about love and tolerance.
It also seems to want to have a message, but it's a little tougher to spot than the usual "Be true to yourself" or "Face up to your destiny."
Predictable? Yes. Corny? Sure. But Brother Bear is still good, family fun.
A very nice little cartoon movie that just doesn't reach the stature of its siblings, and is unlikely to gain much standing with age.
Brother Bear is solid if standard Disney animation. The artwork is gorgeous, the score is decent, the story is strong, and the message is stronger
'Es una de esas joyitas que no pueden faltar en ninguna colección personal y cuyo valor seguramente será reconocido en los años por venir.'
The movie isn’t as witty as Monsters, Inc. and the storytelling isn’t as sharp as in Tarzan, but the theme of environmental kindness is priceless.
Short, sweet, entertaining and mercifully low on the musical numbers.
Audience Reviews for Brother Bear
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- Kenoia: It's me.
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- Kenoia: Koda? It's me.
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- Kenoia: Leave him alone!
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- Koda: Hi-ya!
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- Koda: I'm practicin' my moves!
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- Rutt: Hey. My name's Rutt. This is my brother Tuke.
- Tuke: How's it goin', bear?
- Kenoia: Don't call me that.
- Tuke: Sorry, uh... Mr. Bear?
- Kenoia: No! I mean, I'm not a bear! I hate bears!
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