Reviews
Sep 2, 2020
The simple truth is that much of Bears feels cartoonish and far too light.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4.0
Aug 14, 2014
I'm not suggesting that every nature film narrator should sound like David Attenborough, but John C. Reilly really seems an odd choice.
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| Original Score: 6/10
Apr 18, 2014
You gotta give paying audiences -- especially strapped family audiences -- more than this.(Full Content Review for Parents also Available)
Apr 17, 2014
The "nature" aspects of Bears are undercut by the need to turn this into a live-action Disney cartoon, complete with cuddly heroes and nasty villains.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Apr 17, 2014
If you want to teach your kid about bears, there's probably a better PBS program you can find somewhere.
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| Original Score: C
Apr 17, 2014
There's only so much editing can do to make a bear story seem like a human one, and the filmmakers (Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey directed) also go to unfortunate lengths to give human characteristics like laziness to the bears.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4