The Bear
First Release | Release Date: October 27, 1989 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
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6
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
What ultimately prevents it from being something more is the fact that Annaud isn't a better director. Even the film's virtuosity as a technical feat is frequently undercut by the fact that one is too much aware of it as a stunt to accept it as a story on its own terms. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldBill Cosford
The Bear is a big, polished children's film, nothing more. [27 Oct 1989, p.G5]
50
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Although this dialogue-free, mostly animal-action movie has its moments, Gerard (The Name of the Rose) Brach's man-meets-bear scenario is barely a soft, high-budgeted muzzle ahead of the Disney wilderness pictures. [27 Oct 1989, p.N43]
40
Washington PostRita Kempley
It's certainly harrowing to sit through. Talk about your grizzly misadventures. Read full review
40
Tampa Bay TimesHal Lipper
Although The Bear is as handsome as Quest for Fire - the story of an Ice Age tribe moving up the evolutionary ladder - it is also as turgid. [27 Oct 1989, p.12]
40
The New YorkerPauline Kael
A combination of raw pulp and gooey kitsch.
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