Mickey and the Bear

This film is on the good side of average for sure. Superb performances from the leads, though pretty amateur effort from the rest. My primary wish is that this film had picked a tone. They cut between three distinct worlds (daughter's life with townies, daughter's life with inspiring interloper, and daughter's life with her father) primarily through the use of music, which made for a jarring watch. I would have been more than happy to settle into the muffled jukebox, neon bar signs and wood paneling of the local dive bar, but was often interrupted with unwashed teens killing time to rap-adjacent noise. Worked as a narrative device, but not so much for the ears. All-in-all, felt like a fairly authentic (albeit narrow) depiction of rural, conservative America, and the fallout of trauma, substance abuse, and toxic masculinity.

Un drama con un ritmo inquietante y digerible que muestra los problemas de ser un hijo y ser un padre.

Her acting is not convincing, looks weak. Predictable dialogue

This is a bleak film, which had a couple of surprisingly poignant moments towards the end, in terms of the situations/scenarios and, primarily, the dialogue. I quite liked the cinematography, although it is certainly cliched and perhaps somewhat predictable. The plot is a little plodding and I wouldn't say this is more than a reasonably good film but yes, it's ok, though I wouldn't go out of your way to see it as such, no.

Excellent film. I was impressed by the amount of research/homework the writer put into Anaconda area. Very real portrayal of what it can be like to live in an abusive home in small town USA. Stories like this one are happening all too often, all around us. Really, liked the main character and thought the abusive dad both were very convincing. Also appreciated how the film incorporated folks from Anaconda into the film.

Chance watch while browsing the movie list on C4, always been intrigued by ‘coming of age' storylines however in recent years, too many films of this genre have been either predictable, vanilla or focused on stereotypical topics. The main actor is fabulous at telling us just enough about the challenging relationship with her father and her background. An excellent performance also by the male playing Hank/father and the actor in the role as steady boyfriend, both setting a believable scenario without any overly dramatic or far fetched narrative. Can't quite understand why the friend with benefits character is British but I guess he suited the directors intent, again bringing a feeling of what life is as a young adult/teenager and the choices you make. Great watch!

I have no idea really what this was even about but the lead actress is adorable.

a superb indie film with great acting. A film about a young teenager who turns 18 looking after her ex-veteran father who suffers from mental illnesses passed on to him from war. It shows the ups and downs within their Father-Daughter relationship and his high dependency on her to take care of him whilst she herself is trying to find/is searching for her OWN independency. A well done drama, semi coming of age type esk movie, about life. Would definitely recommend.

The acting was fine... but the story is a bit predictable the ending is not tasteful.. the movie left me hanging.. and anyway the condom shot is disgusting thanks.

Camila Morrone and James Badge Dale have a fantastic chemistry as daughter and daddy in 'Mickey and the Bear, but how did hubby and wife's date night chemistry turn out after watching the film? That's for another column. Hubby and wife are both willing to recommend this one but wife is a little higher on the film than hubby. Wife: the movie was sufficiently distressing - Mickey was convincingly tormented as the daughter of an addict. I would have given it a higher score if we knew more about their back story. However, the plot line didn't leave me wanting for more - just long enough, but not special enough. Hubby: There are plot holes you could drive a truck through, but it's worth seeing the performance of Morrone. I wish there was a little more on the page. Too many through away characters and unanswered questions. Hubby: 6.1 Wife: 7.9 Average: 7.0/10