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The Bear
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Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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Directed By: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Picture Format: Array
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Theatrical Release: October 25, 1989
Average Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars
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Starring: Bart the Bear, Youk the Bear, Tchéky Karyo, Jack Wallace, André Lacombe
A captivating and unusual story about an orphaned bear cup striving for survival in the wilderness of british columbia. Special features: subtitles in english french and spanish production notes interactive menus talent files theatrical trailer scene selections and much more. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 03/23/2004 Starring: Leonard Maltin Run time: 94 minutes Rating: Pg
User Submitted The Bear Reviews
November 20, 2008
The Bear
Wonderful movie! Hardly no speaking throughout the movie.
Realistic to life's ups and downs.
Classic to add to your collection.
July 5, 2008
Nature meets Art...
"The Bear" is hands down one of the Best "Critter Movies" ever made. It is easy to see why the Director has won Academy Awards for some of his films. Particularly exceptional is the absence of a narrator, and a miniscule (less then 5 minutes) of Human dialogue, yet the storyline is very clear.
I strongly recommend watching the "Special features" before the Movie, in order to appreciate the full extent to which the Director went to make the Movie as authentic as possible. He even created a "sound stage" for the Animals to record their "voices", as it was impossible to record sound in many of the scenes, without affecting the behavior of the Animals.
Rarely seen behavior is captured, up close, like raiding an actual Beehive in a tree trunk, and mating. The cinematography is suburb and the Movie does not have that amatuerish "home-movie" look of many documentaries.
This Movie is Amazing...!
April 25, 2008
Nothing short of fantastic!
Plot, music, stars, cineamatography, soundtrack. . . .perfection perfection perfection. One reviewer took exception to the dream sequence. Never having been a bear, but knowing how weird some of my own dreams are, all I can say is, animals DO dream and this interpretation of their dreams was interesting. I found the sequences compelling.
I recommend this film to the universe and beyond. I just bought it and I just watched it three nights in a row,
Superb to watch with kids over 6 and merits discussing with them. Yes, it has violent episodes--but that is the point of the film.
If I could, I would marry Bart and then we could legally adopt Youk : )
February 16, 2008
The Bear
I loved it it was so beautiful. There is a total focus on the bear. Hardly any humans and little speech it is nice to watch and touching. The Foreign filmmaker wanted it that way for the focus and did a nice job of it. It is relaxing for the most part and telling of a story.
January 19, 2008
the bear
I loved this movie so much that I bought several and sent them to youth centers. The scenery is spectacular, great fun and drama
November 12, 2007
The Bear
Wonderful movie. The start is sad, but in nature life can be that way. Another eye opener about how to not treat the animal world around us. I would recommend that young kids not watch this by themselves.
September 20, 2007
beautiful cinematography
I remember when this movie came out how moved I was by the wonder of nature expressed in it. When we were looking for nature movies for our children, i thought of this one. Unfortunately, I seem to have forgotten about the hunters tracking the bears, the fact that there is a major conflict about every 10 minutes, and the buckets o' blood. This is fairly heavy-handed in its condemnation of hunters and its praise of nature, but if you can get past the "man is bad" sermon, this is worth watching. Just make sure you aren't trying to watch it with small children!
September 9, 2007
Possibly The Best 'Animal Film' Ever
Almost 20 years later, this remains the best of "animal" movies I've ever seen - where there is little dialog and animals dominate the screen. The amazing photography with the bears, the stunning cinematography overall and the great landscape (British Columbia) all make this a visual treat. Even better, it's an interesting story and has remained that with each of the viewings I've had of this film since discovering it in the mid '90s.
It's a solid adventure story, and the little bear in here is lovable. The "bad guys" (the hunters) aren't really all that bad, either. The bears' performances are fascinating, simply amazing. It must have taken incredible patience to film this movie.
Outside of a couple of "damns," there is no profanity and, I would think, is a great film for any age person to see. Highly recommended.
August 23, 2007
funny but slow
We laughed at the antics of the baby bear and were awed by the presence of the adults. Unfortunately the overall film was a bit slow and would not inspire many rewatches.
May 13, 2007
The only movie without Hollywood
I don't know if you are tired of actors flapping their jaws these days, but if you are this movie will be a refreshing change. I'd say about 90% of the movie has no human dialogue. The scenery and animals were nothing short of amazing. Bart the Bear and Youk the Bear make the best duo ever filmed, in my opinion (RIP Bart). It is no doubt The Bear is one of the most popular and top grossing French movies to date, and for good reason (still in spoken English). If you have children you MUST buy this film, and if you want to take it back a notch and visit nature, this movie is for you! Spiderman and Shrek are nothing but media hypes, The Bear is the REAL DEAL!! Youk the Bear will make you want to run out and adopt a bear cub (if you could). 10 stars PERIOD!
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