Joaquin Phoenix

Jeremy Suarez

Jason Raize

Rick Moranis

Dave Thomas

D. B. Sweeney

Joan Copeland

Michael Clarke Duncan

Harold Gould

Paul Christie

Danny Mastrogiorgio

Estelle Harris

Greg Proops

Pauley Perrette

Bumper Robinson

Darko Cesar

Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley

Sherry Lynn

Mickie McGowan

Debi Derryberry

Patrick Pinney

Aaron Blaise

Lorne Cameron

Tab Murphy

Robert Walker

Mary Hidalgo

Mark Mancina

Tim Mertens

Chuck Williams

Matthew Jon Beck

Phil Collins

Bill Perkins

Matt Whitlock

Douglas Henderson

Marcelo Vignali

Xiangyuan Jie

Bruce Anderson

Sai Ping Lok

Paul A. Felix

Franc Reyes

Hans Bacher

Richie Chavez

Terryl Whitlatch

Harald Siepermann

Tina Turner

Rune Brandt Bennicke

Kevin Harkey

Ruben A. Aquino

Ron J. Friedman

Robh Ruppel

Byron Howard

Garrett Wren

Jeff Draheim

Thom Enriquez

Jonathan Annand

Robert O. Corley

Igor Khait

Kevin Deters

Nathan Greno

Stephanie Mendoza

Earl Ghaffari

Woody Woodman

Sarah Mercey-Boose

Michael Benet

David Hoselton

Stevie Wermers-Skelton

John Puglisi

Dominic M. Carola

Earl Coffman

Mark Binder

Steve Bencich

Alex Kupershmidt

Don Crum

Trey Finney

John E. Hurst

John Norton

Gregg Azzopardi

Travis Blaise

Jason Boose

Leslie Moes

Piero Mura

Broose Johnson

Steve Mason

Branko Mihanovic

Jean-Claude Tran

Theodore Anthony Lee Ty

Tom Gately

Anthony Wayne Michaels

John Webber

James Young Jackson

Bruce Tauscher

Dave Metzger

Richard L. Anderson

Mike Chock

Robert Bryan

Scott Kersavage

Christopher W. Gee

Petra Bach

Chris DeLaGuardia

Tony Stanley

Ian White

Sasha Dorogov

Brion McIntosh

Steve Lee

Mary Beth Smith

Reuben Simon

Rick Mackay

Bérénice Robinson

Donald Dowd

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Brother Bear

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inuit

bear

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unlikely friendship

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Heartwarming, if not as impactful as it intends to be.

<em>'Brother Bear'</em> leaves heartfelt feelings and features a cute story. It does get a bit too melancholic in moments where it doesn't need to be or where it's not set up perfectly. It can also feel a little predictable, but the twist is decent enough. Animation-wise it's fine, while that early aspect ratio stuff is oddly done.

The voice cast aren't amazing, despite the talents of Joaquin Phoenix (Kenai) and Michael Clarke Duncan (Tug). Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas are pretty amusing as Rutt and Tuke though. As a whole, I just don't feel the voices suit the characters greatly.

The pacing is pretty good while Phil Collins does a satisfactory job with the music, not sure how I feel about the ending though. Overall, it's very much mid-range Disney.

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"Kenai" is a young Inuit warrior who disturbs the spirits when he kills a bear. His punishment is to be turned into one himself, and be left to wander the wilderness alone. Luckily, he encounters the young cub "Koda" who thinks he might know the exact spot where "Kenai" might be restored to his humanity. What doesn't help their quest is that his human brother "Denahi" thinks that "Kenai" has been killed by a bear, and so is chasing his new form with lethal intent. As the two bears start to bond, they have some fun escapades, meet the "Stadler & Waldorf" of the moose fraternity and "Kenai" learns the values of friendship, loyalty and community - as well as how to catch some leaping salmon! The quality of the animation, the Phil Collins-led soundtrack (with a decent number from Tina Turner too) and the spirituality of the whole thing is breezy and enjoyable to watch. The young "Koda" reminded me frequently of a sort of "Mowgli" character. Friendly and playful but still staying on the right side of annoying. I also rather liked the denouement - that, too, had a sort of joy to it that exemplified the symbiotic nature of the relationship that ought to exist between mankind and the rest of nature. Characterful animations and cave paintings too! Worth a watch, definitely.

Brother Bear (2003) 35mm film trailer, flat hard matte, 1440p

Brother Bear( 2003)

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A review by r96sk

Written by r96sk on Thu Jul 30 2020

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