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The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

I saw this film when it came out in theaters, and was utterly disappointed in it. The storyline is completely unrealistic and the audio dubbing is horrible and detracts from any value the cinematography may have. As a nature and animal lover, I was so looking forward to this film, but the storyline was so unbelievable and trite, and the sound track so bad that I hated the film and walked out after an hour.I was surprised to see someone linking to a clip from this film on Facebook recently, citing it as a "very engaging and emotive short film". It is still utter tripe.

A Very good film about animals and human beings. This film isn't afraid to show the grime and guts of bleeding animals. It's a sad scene to see the little bear cub cuddled about with all of the dead bear skins and heads because it reminds him of his Mother. It's a sad movie. But more or less the issue in this movie is to be kind to all beings on this planet. It's one thing if you have to kill for survival, it's another to kill for sport or for unnecessary food or prestige or money. The little bear cub in this movie will make you laugh, smile, cry and remember what life is all about. The final scene in the movie is one of the best messages of them all, where the bear shows mercy on the human and then the human is about to kill the bear, but he shows mercy on the bear because the bear had showed mercy on him. It's a great message to remember. Show mercy.This movie gets down to the brass tacks of life, not just human life, but all species of life on this planet. A great message and a great movie! Not the easiest to watch though.

People who criticize this movie for lack of realism regarding bear behaviour have missed the point. This is not an "Animal Planet" documentary; it is a movie. One reviewer bitches that an adult male bear would have killed or even eaten a bear cub. Who cares? This guy probably watches "Dumbo" and then scratches his empty head, wondering whether he ever saw an elephant that can fly.I wish more of these knuckleheads would put that much "thought" and scrutinize Michael Moore's fantasy propaganda "documentaries" with the same kind of nit-picking zeal.Watching the film, I was torn between enjoying it and wondering if some animals weren't hurt in the making of it after all - in spite of the obligatory end-credits statement that "no animals were harmed". Of course, if any animals WERE harmed, they'd hardly be able to take the film-makers to court, now would they? And their animal relatives? Animals are far too poor to afford lawyers that can go head-to-head against Hollywood's finest scheissters.Obviously, bears can be trained to do all sorts of things, being the intelligent creatures that they are, but some of the scenes were a little dubious. "Look... We'll just drop the cub into a fast stream, and see if he does something funny. If he dies, we'll get another one. Who'll notice?" Am I being paranoid? I don't trust film-makers, especially European ones (not to mention French ones)..."The Bear" is a solid movie. It has its slow/dull moments, but some highlights, as well. The dream sequences were unusual, an interesting approach to trying to get inside the mind of an animal. The bear cub himself was also quite amusing in a number of sequences.The only major criticism I have is that they gave the cub human "baby-voices", i.e. half of the noises we hear from him come from some French actress sitting in a dubbing studio, goo-gooing her a** off to please the director. It just sounds stupid. I would think that the noises a bear-cub makes would be sufficiently amusing/entertaining on their own without such nonsense having to be thrown in.

I remember this first as a book I read back in the '50s. I loved it then, and I love the film now.First, I have to address some of the complaints made by other reviewers here.1. About the "fake bear sounds" made by the bear cub. I recall a display of bear cubs at a local game farm; that's pretty much the sound they make, much like a baby.2. The "unrealistic" aspects: The big male refraining from eating the cub; the bear confronting the defenseless hunter and allowing him to go free. Curwood claims in his preface, if I recall correctly, that these events not only really happened, they happened to him! He was the younger hunter, named Jim in the book.3. Bear sex as porn: Get a grip! I think that this was straight from the book, too.Now, to my observations.Much credit has to go to the casting directors and animal trainers. These critters seem perfectly cast! Could any bear cub possible be any cuter than this one? With expressive little eyes, even! I particularly liked the sequence where he chases the frog and ends up imitating it by jumping around after it.The big male is suitably big and ferocious.The sow (female bear) is amazingly attractive and fetching, lolling on her back and practically begging "Come and get it sailor!".The dogs in the book were Airedales, but in the movie were black Dobermans, looking like the spawn of Hell! Now cougars can be pretty appealing looking beasts, but this one has a distinctly dastardly appearance! I especially liked the cub's reaction of studied indifference during the Bear Sex scene, reminding me of the Ron Perlman character in Quest For Fire while his chum was making it with the native girl. Oh! Same director! But how did he get the bear to have that same expression as Perlman?