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The Country Bears (2002)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:4
Rotten:16
Average Rating:4.2/10
Consensus: Despite all the celebrities on hand, this spin-off from a theme park attraction still feels tired and hokey.
Theatrical Release:Jul 26, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $16,892,873
Synopsis: A bear raised in a human environment, Beary (Haley Joel Osment), is a confused adolescent, despite his loving home. His sanctuary is in a disbanded musical act, the Country Bears, to whom he has a... [More]
Starring: Christopher Walken, Haley Joel Osment, Daryl Mitchell, Diedrich Bader
Director: Peter Hastings
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Reviews for The Country Bears
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08/09/02
Top CriticIt's mildly amusing, but I certainly can't recommend it.
07/31/02
Top CriticThis ingrown mutant is easily the most bizarre children's film made in this country since 1982's lab-rat apocalypse The Secret of NIMH.
07/30/02
Top CriticPic as a whole is a gently and genuinely amusing treat that should bring smiles to target auds.
07/29/02
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07/27/02
Top CriticIf you're looking to take your children to something harmless, that doesn't embarrass anyone, this light comedy ... is your next outing.
07/26/02
Top CriticSo awkward, so leaden, so virtually laugh-free that it's guaranteed to bring down the Happy Meals it's being marketed with.
07/26/02
Top CriticIt'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.
07/26/02
Top CriticThe Country Bears has no scenes that will upset or frighten young viewers. Unfortunately, there is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them, either.
07/26/02
Top CriticAfter a while, the only way for a reasonably intelligent person to get through The Country Bears is to ponder how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet, fuzzy and sticky.
07/26/02
Top CriticIt's a diverting enough hour-and-a-half for the family audience.
07/26/02
Top CriticEntertains not so much because of its music or comic antics, but through the perverse pleasure of watching Disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel.
07/26/02
Top CriticTrying to figure out the rules of the Country Bear universe -- when are bears bears and when are they like humans, only hairier -- would tax Einstein's brain.
07/26/02
Top CriticThere isn't enough irony or sly humor to keep adults interested, and there isn't enough adventure in the plot to keep children over the age of 4 from squirming in their seats.
07/26/02
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07/26/02
Top CriticThe Mark Perez script lacks the clever humor and odd twists that can help a family film transcend age.
07/26/02
Top CriticA mixture of old-time kitsch and bewildering MTV-influenced digressions.
07/26/02
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07/26/02
Top CriticHarmless fun.
07/26/02
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