Patrick Wayne

Chief Dan George

Andrew Duggan

Michael Ansara

Robert Pine

Valentin de Vargas

Hal Baylor

Bernard McEveety

LeRoy Deane

Winston Hibler

G. Gregg McLaughlin

Ted D Landon

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The Bears and I

Walt Disney Productions

Canada

English

human animal relationship

native american

bear

Fails to hit the right notes.

<em>'The Bears and I'</em> holds a storyline that we've basically seen before with these Disney animal-filled films, so there's nothing fresh or majorly interesting there. Likewise with the animals themselves, it's the studio's second release in four years that is about bears; see: <em>'King of the Grizzlies'</em>. This one has a secondary plot involving Whites and Native Americans, another thing we've already seen numerous times.

Cast-wise it's alright, with Patrick Wayne leading as Bob. Chief Dan George (Peter) and Michael Ansara (Oliver) are OK, though Valentin de Vargas' character of Sam is ill-written. These type of productions always tend to be rather light with the human cast anyway.

The animals are cute and the overall message with them is positive, though you could again raise issues with welfare concerns. The writing and dialogue, meanwhile, is below par. To me, this is paced too slowly and doesn't do enough to separate itself from past films from Disney.

Bears and I, The - Trailer

The Bears and I( 1974)

To find himself, he lost himself in adventurous high country!

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A review by r96sk

Written by r96sk on Fri Aug 21 2020

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