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• Thomas B

  
  Animation work is above average and there are a couple of standout scenes but ultimately it doesn't reach the heights of Disney's back catalogue. Full review later.

• Jim C

  
  Fun, but gets really in to spirits and crap. Great music, horrible story, good voice acting. I liked it, but didnt love it.

• Conner R

  
  Brother Bear is a movie that is so close to being great that it's almost ridiculous. Had there been just a few changes made to the story, characters and dialogue, it would've been a really moving and timeless classic. As it stands though, this is interesting and beautiful to… More
  Brother Bear is a movie that is so close to being great that it's almost ridiculous. Had there been just a few changes made to the story, characters and dialogue, it would've been a really moving and timeless classic. As it stands though, this is interesting and beautiful to look at, but the negative aspects can be overbearing. It's a kid's movie, so the Canadian Moose brothers and Bernie Mac Kid were something I just accepted as part of the package. However, I think that there was basically little to no development of the three brothers. It's just presented and then you're supposed to care about them. Well, at least Juaquin Phoenix was good and helped make the situation a bit easier to take it. I will say that Phil Collins continued his epically constructed score treatment that he started with Tarzan and in fact, it's the strongest element of the movie.

• Matt G

  
  Completely unoriginal film, and a seriously miscast Joaquin Phoenix. The story itself wasn't even remotely interesting. I didn't find myself caring for the characters at all. Stay far, very far away from this one. Grade: F

• Michael E

  
  this disney movie had i think the best drama of the newer generation of animated disney films and the end result was fantastic

• Jay H

  
  Don't care what anyone thinks... I liked this movie.

• Richard C

  
  C-

• Lady D

  
  Probably not up there with the best of Disney's full length features, but enjoyable all the same. Another hidden message for kids and a little adventure too.

• Dead A

  
  I liked the story.

• Cassie H

  
  SoSo movie!

• Film C

  
  i loved this movi theres a second one but havent seen it but this one is lovely its moving funny and exciting and shows love between family but also to a bear that he adopts

• danny d

  
  decent, down for disney but still good

• Jason S

  
  It ok.

• Leigh R

  
  So sweet, makes you cry...

• James A

  
  I fell asleep during this filth.

• Nate Z

  
  [center][font=Arial][color=darkred][img]http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7779/photo061he.jpg[/img][/color][/font][/center] [font=Arial][color=darkred][/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]Kenai (voiced by Joaquin Phoenix) is the impulsive younger brother in a tribe of Native… More
  [center][font=Arial][color=darkred][img]http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7779/photo061he.jpg[/img][/color][/font][/center] [font=Arial][color=darkred][/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]Kenai (voiced by Joaquin Phoenix) is the impulsive younger brother in a tribe of Native Americans living in Northern America. Where exactly? Well, I don?t know but someplace where Kenai and his brothers can surf wicked glaciers dude. Kenai wants to be accepted into his people more than anything. Too bad he?s a screw-up. Some fish he leaves out attracts a bear that inadvertently kills Kenai?s older, wiser brother. Kenai swears revenge against the bear and kills it. But lo, this upsets the spirits of nature and they turn Kenai into a bear himself. Oh the irony. Kenai must learn all about coping in the animal kingdom while looking after a young cub Koda, whose looking for his lost mother. Take a guess what happened to his mother. No, seriously, go on and guess. I?ll sit here and wait. Done? Okay then.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]The story of [i]Brother Bear[/i] has as much life as a bearskin rug. Once again we have a hotheaded jerk that walks a mile in someone else?s paws and learns valuable life lessons through their bizarre transformation. The only thing this movie is missing is Rob Schneider in the main role.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]I don?t know what the makers of [i]Brother Bear[/i] were intending. Is this for young kids? Well there is endless slapstick and cutesy woodland creatures. However, the first part of the story is quite dark and all about family loss. Great way to start a family film huh? With some family killings? If this is also intended for kids I?m pretty sure they?ll be bored at the preachier moments talking about animal cruelty and tolerance.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]Disney once again plays it too safe, and by trying to please everybody they end up likely pleasing nobody. This is 20,000 leagues below the artful [i]Finding Nemo[/i]. Why does it seem like when the Diz does things in-house they?re so adverse to risk? What the audience is left with is a formulaic piece of fluff that?s only memorable attribute is being extraordinarily ordinary.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]The ending is so bad that it?s beyond belief, so allow me to spoil it. Kenai transforms back into a human after he?s learned his valuable lesson. He then chooses to remain a bear to watch after Koda. What? Why don?t they turn Koda into a boy? Or turn everyone into bears? Or why not turn everyone in the audience into people watching a different, better movie? When the ending hit I yelled, ?No freaking way? loud enough that a few parents shot me glares.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]The animation of [i]Brother Bear[/i] is clunky and awkward amidst a crayola-colored backdrop. The visuals often seem drab or like the templates for a better movie. The human characters appear so stocky. The best element of Brother Bear is the voice work of Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis doing a moose variation on their McKenzie brothers.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]Phil Collins provides the painfully monotonous pop claptrap that?s cued whenever a montage is needed. How the hell did this man win an Oscar for Best Song over the likes of Aimee Mann, Sarah McLachlan, and the creators of [i]South Park[/i]? The best way to describe Collins? collection of unmotivated ditties is that they?re like soup for the ears: runny, bland, forgettable, and dreadfully unsatisfying. If you can?t tell, I don?t really care for soup (?Soup is too a food!?)[/color][/font] [color=darkred][size=2][font=Arial][i][font='Times New Roman'][font=Arial][size=2]Brother Bear[/size][/font][/font][/i][font='Times New Roman'][size=2][font=Arial] is yet another half-hearted effort from the Mouse House. The story, animation, and voice acting are all sub par. It?s the same sing and dance al over again, except this time it?s in the woods, and this time the sing and dance is your senile[/font] [font=Arial]grandfather with his pants around his ankles doing the jitterbug. Yeah. You get the idea[/font][/size][font=Arial].[/font][/font][/font][/size][/color] [size=2][font=Arial][color=darkred][font='Times New Roman'][/font][/color][/font][/size] [size=2][font=Arial][color=darkred][font='Times New Roman'][/font][/color][/font][/size][font='Times New Roman'][font=Arial][size=2][color=darkred]Nate's Grade: C[/color][/size][/font][/font]

• Bradley W

  
  Fun, but gets really in to spirits and crap. Great music, horrible story, good voice acting. I liked it, but didnt love it.

• DOCTOR P

  
  6th of the Competition Era Providing animation that looks well enough for a theatrical film, it works to a certain degree. Nothing really stands out from the film, that is except for the more spiritual scenes from the film which are still not all that impressive but they do look… More
  6th of the Competition Era Providing animation that looks well enough for a theatrical film, it works to a certain degree. Nothing really stands out from the film, that is except for the more spiritual scenes from the film which are still not all that impressive but they do look nice. At best the animation is pleasant to look at, but at every other moment, it just doesn't do much. The music is provided by Phil Collins. For the most part the music isn't bad, but it's just so weak and uninteresting. Most of it here feels like early rejected songs meant for "Tarzan", there's just nothing that feels like it's own, it's just feels like retreads from that film. Pretty much every character in this film has what should be an interesting development but sadly they don't. None of the voice actors are interesting, and some (mainly the humans) just don't feel like they match up. Kenai is the films protagonist voiced by Joaquin Phoenix, he is not the worst character around but it's just nothing special. It's plot is not a bad one, but it just feels like a chore to get through it. It's very slow, most of it feels like something that should be better but just isn't. Maybe it's the writing, or the actors delivery on the lines, but it's just not very entertaining. "Brother Bear" doesn't feature anything that should make it as a bad is it is considering the premise, so it's a wonder why it's so dull; maybe if little details had been worked on more it would've been one of the greats. Up next: Cowgirl Cows or why Disney decided to stop making hand drawn movies.

• Dillon L

  
  Not a great disney film, not even a great regular film. I did find the moose (Bob and Doug McKenzie) to be quite humorous however.

• Bradley J

  
  One of the weaker Disney films, Brother Bear is a bland and completely unmemorable film, though it starts off strong. Overall Rating:52

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