Brother Bear fingerprintStunning style, big heart.
Spectacular
Heartwarming and uplifting
Much of it is about growing up and family.
Plenty of slapstick and situational comedy
Growing up, family, and faith and meaning
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Standout performances and characters
Standout score, cinematography, and visual style
A distinctive visual signature.
Spectacular
Brother Bear is spectacular.
Heartwarming and uplifting
Much of it is about growing up and family.
Emotionally, it's heartwarming, uplifting, and cathartic. Much of it is about growing up and family.
Plenty of slapstick and situational comedy
Expect plenty of slapstick and situational comedy.
Growing up, family, and faith and meaning
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Its world is built around growing up, family, and faith and meaning. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in. It holds up on a rewatch.
Standout performances and characters
The performances and characters stand out.
Standout score, cinematography, and visual style
A distinctive visual signature.
Look and sound: the score, cinematography, and visual style stand out.
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See through another’s eyes, feel through another's heart, and discover the meaning of brotherhood.
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Brother Bear is included with a subscription to Disney+ in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 56/100 (IMDb 6.9, Rotten Tomatoes 38%, and Metacritic 48). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated G in the United States. Content advisories: violence.
1 h 25 min
Brother Bear runs 1 h 25 min.
Not quite. Audiences rate Brother Bear higher (68) than critics (43). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $128 million to make and earned $250 million worldwide, 2.0 times its budget.
It was made in English, with some Croatian, Inuktitut. Produced in United States.
+69GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Brother Bear in 83 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 147 storytelling tropes for Brother Bear, including Ascended to a Higher Plane of Existence, Bilingual Bonus, Cain and Abel.
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