Yogi Bear

Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: December 17, 2010

4.6	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 107 Ratings

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grandpajoe6191Oct 1, 2011

Oh please. "Yogi Bear" is terrible film with nothing useful. From acting (oh I forgot, there IS no acting) to story, everything tastes extremely bland. Just... just don't watch it. It's meaningless as hell.

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movielover64Dec 17, 2010

Oh my God. What were they thinking. I didn't expect an Oscar caliber movie, but certainly better than this. Anyone over the age of 5 will be looking for the exit after about 5 minutes of this crap.

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brewcrewprideDec 21, 2010

It is predictable in its humor but it doesnt try TOO hard so it isnâ

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heyitsmegrif4Dec 17, 2011

Just plain awful nothing can compare because it is that. I give this just unexplainable movie a terrible just awful 4% of a good movie. Boy is that awful.

3 of 9 users found this helpful36

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PeterWhatAug 31, 2011

I expected a terrible movie when I went to the movies to watch it with my 4 year-old brother. It's beyond terrible; it's just **** The actors are really bad (especially Anna Faris's performance), and there is no script. It's not funny, and itI expected a terrible movie when I went to the movies to watch it with my 4 year-old brother. It's beyond terrible; it's just **** The actors are really bad (especially Anna Faris's performance), and there is no script. It's not funny, and it has no message at all.… Expand

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DarkZXDec 17, 2010

In all honesty, I went into this film with low expectations. As the distributor who acquired rights was Warner Brothers, (who also messed up a live action dragon ball Z adaptation along with countless other films). I was thinking that theIn all honesty, I went into this film with low expectations. As the distributor who acquired rights was Warner Brothers, (who also messed up a live action dragon ball Z adaptation along with countless other films). I was thinking that the wrong people would be chosen to make this film and the wrong people would be involved with it. Boy, I was right.
The film is nothing but a bunch of crass humor with an all star cast. As a lot of production companies usually do, they focus more on the quality of the CGI animation rather than the quality of the "characters" that the CGI animation is supposed to represent.

My Review Score: 33/100

Final Consensus: If you have kids, take them, if not, then DON'T! It pays no homage to the original Yogi Bear. If you want more reviews like this, or want to request a review from me.
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ShiiraDec 21, 2010

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Crap like "The Yogi Bear Hour" and other William Hanna and Joseph Barbera crimes against animation(save for their stint with MGM) are the foremost reason why some people today still insist on pigeonholing "cartoons" as being strictly a medium for children. All that junk which inundated the airwaves on those Saturday mornings of yore can be attributed to Hanna-Barbera's maiden voyage("The Ruff and Reddy Show") into television(following a successful run helming "Tom and Jerry" shorts). Their second offering, "The Huckleberry Hound Show", made its debut in 1958, and right away, the Jellystone National Park bear became the program's breakout star, paving the way for future successes such as "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!" and "The Jetsons", and other like-minded production companies who imitated Hanna-Barbera's cut-rate animation methods, which more than often, married the cut-rate imagination of their banal premises and storylines. The only means of justifying, as it turns out, such ephemeral programming, is through compartmentalization, in which the aging Generation X-er views a show like "The Yogi Bear Hour" purely as a nostalgic trip, divorced from any sort of critical language that would delineate the shoddiness of the overtly commercial enterprise, one whose sole purpose was to peddle sugary breakfast cereals to little kids. As art, even the venerable Flintstones, were not gr-r-r-r-eat, even by Adult Swim standards. On "The Simpsons"(which was the first prime-time animated program since Fred and Wilma left the air in 1960, creator Matt Groening seems to express a love/hate relationship with Hanna-Barbera's body of work through the cartoon-within-a cartoon, "The Itchy and Scratchy Hour", an ultra-violent homage to the feuding characters' predecessors, "Tom and Jerry", the crowning artistic achievement in a chequered past for these problematic animators. But is it homage? Maybe not. In each episode, the mouse(Itchy) eviscerates the cat(Scratchy) so thoroughly and in such graphic detail, the evocation to the MGM shorts hardly looks like a loving one, but instead, takes on the appearance of being a desecration; a rebuke, perhaps, to the sell-out that followed when the collaborative team transitioned themselves from the big screen to the small screen, where they proceeded to infantilize the art form in the superceeding decades to follow. Groening seemingly pisses on the one accomplishment that Hanna and Barbera can hang their hats on, in which Bart and Lisa, once every feline snuff short reaches its inevitable solution, laughs, or rather, gets the last laugh, as if mocking the children's programming pioneers, who once launched a Yogi Bear offshoot in outer space(the short-lived "Yogi's Space Race", which capitalized on the "Star Wars" phenomena), and laughed all the way to the bank. And now, six years after a certain talking dog last got the big-screen treatment(2004's "Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed"), the talking bear undergoes the same computer-generated transmogrification process, as well, a consolation prize of sorts for missing out on the three-strip Technicolor process. Similar to his canine stablemate with the speech impediment, the smooth-talking bear with a propensity for thievery has never looked better, but despite the makeover, the twenty-first century edition of this allegedly loved bear finds himself stuck in the same one-note narrative that rued the earlier models and their respective programs("Yogi's Gang", "Yogi's Treasure Hunt", and "Laff-A-Lympics, where the Yogi Bears squared off with the Scooby-Doos and the Really Rottens), which are best left forgotten on the popular culture trash heap. The only entertainment that can be imparted from this live-action version of "Yogi Bear" is the thought of Justin Timberlake(the epitome of smarm in David Fincher's "The Social Network", playing Napster founder Sean Parker) doing his Boo-Boo voice-overs in the sound booth, since it's pretty clear, as evidenced by the shortage of laughs(Anna Faris, notwithstanding), that neither he nor Dan Ackroyd were allowed to improvise. Like Trix, "Yogi Bear" is for kids, but alas, herein lies the paradox: it's for kids who grew up. After all, the last original Yogi Bear cartoons ran in the mid-eighties. Since then, the aforementioned "Simpsons" happened. "Spirited Away" happened. "The Triplets of Belleville" happened". "King of the Hill" happened. "Mulan" happened(minority opinion). "Ratatouille" happened. More sophisticated than your average cartoon-watcher(the kids of Generation X, who may not know who Yogi is), the now-mature viewer may wonder why a frog-mouth turtle would impress national park patrons more than a talking bear(who can maneuver a jet-ski like a Go-Go) when Jellystone nearly closes due to a mayor's machinations to rezone the land. What's next? "Shazam"?… Expand

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monkeyshinerMay 4, 2011

This was probably the worst movie ever there was no story it was funny at all and it is a total waist of money.Either rent this or never see this movie!

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Edward9630Jul 23, 2011

Yogi Bear is a bad film with good parts. The only good parts in the film is remembering how the yogi bear cartoon series was like. The problems with the film is boring, dull, not funny and dosent do a great job on yogi bear that they shouldYogi Bear is a bad film with good parts. The only good parts in the film is remembering how the yogi bear cartoon series was like. The problems with the film is boring, dull, not funny and dosent do a great job on yogi bear that they should have done. I would only see this if you want but i wouldnt watch this again.… Expand

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OverrwatcherSep 25, 2011

10 minutes after watching the movie, I wanted to leave. It forces it's cliche, dry, predictible humor down your throat, the CGI is one of the worst I've seen in a modern movie, and the story is so overused and random that there is nothing10 minutes after watching the movie, I wanted to leave. It forces it's cliche, dry, predictible humor down your throat, the CGI is one of the worst I've seen in a modern movie, and the story is so overused and random that there is nothing good about it. I stayed for 20 minutes to see if it got better, and it just got worse. I immediately walked out disgusted.… Expand

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Potter17Dec 10, 2011

Oh ho-ho, I see what they are trying to do here: they're using the image of an iconic, beloved character who has been living with us for generations just to cover up the messiness present on his deplorable script and lamentable acting.Oh ho-ho, I see what they are trying to do here: they're using the image of an iconic, beloved character who has been living with us for generations just to cover up the messiness present on his deplorable script and lamentable acting. Sorry Yogi-bear, but nothing on this film was worthy of my money.… Expand

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AkkharSep 1, 2011

ONE OF THE WORST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE ..... Script BAD , Directing BAD , Acting SO BAD , Music BAD , Effect NOT BAD BUT NOT THAT GOOD EITHER .........I have no else to say coz i think I've made it pretty clear .
Story :ONE OF THE WORST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE ..... Script BAD , Directing BAD , Acting SO BAD , Music BAD , Effect NOT BAD BUT NOT THAT GOOD EITHER .........I have no else to say coz i think I've made it pretty clear .
Story : 0.12
Directing : 0.12
Acting : 0.02
Sound :0.12
Effect : 0.72

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FranzHcriticJul 9, 2014

These live action movies with CGI characters are almost impossible to master. I should know, I've seen Alvin & the Chipmunks. This is a worse example. The comedic acting is laughable itself, and not in a good way. The whole film is annoyingThese live action movies with CGI characters are almost impossible to master. I should know, I've seen Alvin & the Chipmunks. This is a worse example. The comedic acting is laughable itself, and not in a good way. The whole film is annoying and drab. Don't take your kids, unless they're less than three.… Expand

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tdickensheetsFeb 19, 2016

The cartoon is better.

Yogi Bear is CG movie.

Live action movie.

This was bad movie.

Also there Boo Boo bear.

WB took the HB cartoons.

Should not put on theatre.

I heard had bad reviews.

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JPKDec 1, 2019

Why?
Though not as awful as Alvin, Smurfs, or Garfield, This adaptation of Yogi Bear is still extremely dumb, not very funny, and with a cast that deserves better.

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