Brother Bear

2003 "Nature Calls"
6.9| 1h25m| G| en| More Info
Released: 23 October 2003 Released
Producted By: Walt Disney Feature Animation
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://movies.disney.com/brother-bear
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When an impulsive boy named Kenai is magically transformed into a bear, he must literally walk in another's footsteps until he learns some valuable life lessons. His courageous and often zany journey introduces him to a forest full of wildlife, including the lovable bear cub Koda, hilarious moose Rutt and Tuke, woolly mammoths and rambunctious rams.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
CommentsXp Best movie ever!
Jakoba True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.
Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
abegley-19194 Brother Bear is one of the few overlooked Disney films that doesn't get enough credit. It's definitely not perfect, however it has it's fair moments. A positive I can say about this movie is the animation and music. This is a Disney movie, so they will always be there. But, here it's unique and luminous. It felt colorful and shiny how much the music stands out from the other Disney movies I've seen. Now let's talk about the rest of the movie.The film opens with the one thing I hate mostly in films, narration of the Plot and setting. The narrarion itself was mostly just setting the tone for the movie and it did that well, I guess. However, it included some of the laziest writing Disney has to offer. Than it cuts to the main characters who are so flat and cardboard, I barely remember the one that dies 30 minutes later. Oh yeah, by the way, this movie is roughly two hours long and doesn't introduce the plot until 45 minutes in. We are introduced to the most annoying character in cinema since Jar Jar Bunks, Coda. He does have some sweet and heartfelt moments, but they aren't earned when he has been harassing Kenai most of the time they are together. The flashback scene at the camp where Kenai realizes that he killed Coda's mother was handled very well, I thought. It's just the sound and editing that was pretty sloppy, but the emotion as handled well.The separation of Kenai and Coda along with Phil Collins' music was pure Disney magic. These small moments are what make the movie truly stand out to me. And a lot of it is thanks to Phil Collins talent. The ending of the movie, however, wasn't handled well. The battle between Kenai and his brother had awkward editing and strange music choices make it hard to understand what emotion it was trying for. The very last part of the movie is more Disney magic with a great moral and clever music choices. However, it does set up a sequel which is twice as bad as this one. This movie has great music, animation and wonderful set designs. It suffers from unlikable and annoying characters and bad editing and slow pacing, and I'm gonna give Brother Bear a 5/10.
OllieSuave-007 Disney's 44th full-length animated feature film is a story about an Inuit tribe member named Kenai who kills a bear and he, in turn, becomes one in order to learn the true meaning of brotherly love.This movie brings us directors Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker, who gave us quite an adventurous movie full of man vs. bear action and animals journeying through the wilderness. The plot about Kenai traveling through the land looking for ways to become human again with a chattering cub as his guide is interesting, but not fascinating. The brotherly relationship between the talkative cub and Kenai is a little heartfelt, but I've seen more touching animal character moments from other Disney films like Fox and the Hound and Dumbo.The animation was colorful or vibrant like earlier animated pieces in the Disney canon - traditional hand-drawn animation. The visual effects were quite nice - love the human to animal transformation and the sequences involving the spirits.The plot, though, goes at a somewhat slow pace and doesn't gain very much traction throughout the movie because of a lack of suspense and surprises. Nothing really captures your interest as it's more like a simple Disney cartoon about talking animals. However, I do have to give credit for Disney in entertaining the idea of producing stories with different plot lines other than prince meets princess love stories, and emphasizing on family, consequences, responsibility and forgiveness.Yet, this movie still doesn't have that wow factor as earlier Disney movies do like those from the Walt Era and the Renaissance Era, but it's still not too bad to watch at least once.Grade C
Michael-96 If there's one thing you can say for Disney, it's that you know what you're getting.Almost every movie has the same animation, the same visual aesthetic, the same jokes, the same saccharine music, and espouses the same morals in the same overly sentimental way.The only real variation is in the quality of the animation, and Brother Bear is sloppier than most, with some really lazy animation in places.Definitely one to miss, and not really suitable for a G rating either due to the material, jokes, and near-constant characters hitting each other.
lisafordeay Joaquin Phoenix makes his Disney debut in Disney's 43rd animated classic in the Disney Canon. Here the Her star and Walk The Line Actor voices a hunter who magically becomes a bear.SynopisKenai(Phoenix) is an inunit hunter alongside his brother Sitka who kill bears. But when his brother get killed by a bear,Kenai gets his revenge on the bear who killed his brother and he kills the bear. But the great spirits(who also transformed Kenai's deceased brother into an eagle as his token that his grandmother gave him represented an eagle) magically lifts Kenai up into the air where he is magically transformed into a bear. Shocked by his new self he tries to find away to turn himself back into a human again. But when he befriends an adorable bear cub called Koda he soon discovers the meaning of friendship and loyalty and realizes that the bears aren't worth killing after all.Also when he finds out that Koda spotted him killing his mother in front of Koda's eyes he realizes what he has done wrong. But will he tell Koda what he did wrong? And will Kenai's other brother Denai know that Kenai is NOW a bear,and won't kill him either as revenge on Sitka?With vivid hand drawn animation,a brilliant soundtrack from my all time favourite musician Phil Collins who also did the score for the 1999 film Tarzan,interesting charcthers including two hilarious moose's called Rutt and Tuke and a great story to go with it Brother Bear is a nice heartwarming film and I was so glad to finally purchase this in HMV yesterday for a bargain alongside its sequel(which I will review later on soon when I get the chance to see it again as I remember seeing both films before but it was a long time ago).7 out of 10