The Country Bears (2002)

All Critics (94) | Top Critics (27) | Fresh (25) | Rotten (57) | DVD (11)

It's mildly amusing, but I certainly can't recommend it.

July 31, 2002 Full Review

Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

Top Critic

This ingrown mutant is easily the most bizarre children's film made in this country since 1982's lab-rat apocalypse The Secret of NIMH.

July 30, 2002 Full Review | Comment (1)

Michael Atkinson

Village Voice

Top Critic

Pic as a whole is a gently and genuinely amusing treat that should bring smiles to target auds.

July 29, 2002 Full Review

Joe Leydon

Variety

Top Critic

If you're looking to take your children to something harmless, that doesn't embarrass anyone, this light comedy ... is your next outing.

July 26, 2002 Full Review

Desson Thomson

Washington Post

Top Critic

So awkward, so leaden, so virtually laugh-free that it's guaranteed to bring down the Happy Meals it's being marketed with.

July 26, 2002 Full Review

Ann Hornaday

Washington Post

Top Critic

It's just that it's so generally mediocre, bland and predictable that I found myself moaning every time I looked at my watch, which was often.

July 26, 2002 Full Review

Daphne Gordon

Toronto Star

Top Critic

A dumb story about a bear adopted by humans.

December 28, 2010 Full Review

Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Click to read review

January 6, 2004 Full Review

Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

'When a studio re-creates The Blues Brothers in a world full of cohabitating bears and people, which target audience are they aiming for, exactly?'

May 11, 2003 Full Review

Aaron Hillis

Premiere Magazine

...the movie just might be worth a rental if only for the sight of watching Christopher Walken belt out a musical number using only his hand and his armpit.

March 30, 2003 Full Review

David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

It's like an all-star salute to Disney's cheesy commercialism.

February 8, 2003 Full Review

John R. McEwen

Film Quips Online

Kids will probably enjoy the sight of huge, bumbling teddy bears... Parents will exit wondering why this piece of unnecessary cross-promotion wasn't released straight to video.

September 26, 2002 Full Review

Dan Fienberg

L.A. Weekly

'...both hokey and super-cool, and definitely not in a hurry, so sit back, relax and have a few laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat.'

August 21, 2002 Full Review

Anita Schmaltz

Metro Times (Detroit, MI)

Bearable. Barely.

August 11, 2002 Full Review

Eric D. Snider

EricDSnider.com

• 1. Reed Thimple: This is not over....BEARS!
  – Submitted by Max G (15 months ago)
• 1. Reed Thimple: Do you like the sound of crunching wood? ...I do.
  – Submitted by Alannah D (16 months ago)
• 1. Dex Barrington: Okay. This is my baby picture. This is yours.
  2. Beary Barrington: Yeah?
  3. Dex Barrington: See this? This is my birth certificate. Here's yours. The rangers used this to track you.
  4. Beary Barrington: So, what's your point?
  5. Dex Barrington: Forget it.
  – Submitted by Anthony A (20 months ago)
• 1. Beary Barrington: Mom? Am I adopted?
  2. Mrs. Barrington: Of course not, honey.
  – Submitted by Anthony A (20 months ago)
• 1. Dex Barrington: Hey, Beary! Doofus! Time for dinner!
  – Submitted by Anthony A (20 months ago)
• 1. Beary Barrington: [sitting on the bus' sunroof] WOO HOO! WOO HOOOO! WOO HOOOOOO!
  – Submitted by Anthony A (20 months ago)

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