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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Film Cast:
- Kenai (voice): Joaquin Phoenix
- Koda (voice): Jeremy Suarez
- Denahi (voice): Jason Raize
- Rutt (voice): Rick Moranis
- Tuke (voice): Dave Thomas
- Sitka (voice): D.B. Sweeney
- Tanana (voice): Joan Copeland
- Tug (voice): Michael Clarke Duncan
- Old Denahi (voice): Harold Gould
- Ram #1 (voice): Paul Christie
- Ram #2 (voice): Danny Mastrogiorgio
- Old Lady Bear (voice): Estelle Harris
- Male Lover Bear (voice): Greg Proops
- Female Lover Bear (voice): Pauley Perrette
- Chipmunks (voice): Bumper Robinson
- Foreign Croatian Bear (voice): Darko Cesar
- Inuit Narrator (voice): Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley
- Additional Voice (voice): Sherry Lynn
- Additional Voice (voice): Mickie McGowan
- Additional Voices (voice): Debi Derryberry
- Additional Voices (voice): Patrick Pinney
Film Crew:
- Supervising Sound Effects Editor: Richard L. Anderson
- Casting: Mary Hidalgo
- Original Music Composer: Mark Mancina
- Songs: Phil Collins
- Screenplay: Steve Bencich
- Screenplay: Ron J. Friedman
- Screenplay: Lorne Cameron
- Screenplay: David Hoselton
- Casting: Matthew Jon Beck
- Lead Animator: Broose Johnson
- Director: Aaron Blaise
- Director: Robert Walker
- Screenplay: Tab Murphy
- Associate Producer: Igor Khait
- Producer: Chuck Williams
- Editor: Tim Mertens
- Art Direction: Robh Ruppel
- Animation: Darko Cesar
- Orchestrator: Dave Metzger
- Visual Development: Paul A. Felix
- Supervising Animator: Byron Howard
- Story: Nathan Greno
- Story: Kevin Deters
- Story: Stevie Wermers
- Story: John Puglisi
- Production Manager: Bruce Anderson
- Story: John Norton
- Story: Thom Enriquez
- Associate Editor: Jeff Draheim
- Story: Kevin Harkey
- Story: Woody Woodman
- Supervising Sound Effects Editor: Mike Chock
- Music Editor: Earl Ghaffari
- ADR Editor: Piero Mura
- Animation: Jason Boose
- ADR Supervisor: Petra Bach
- Special Effects: Donald Dowd
- Animation Manager: Matt Whitlock
- Visual Development: Bill Perkins
- Animation: Travis Blaise
- Visual Development: Hans Bacher
- Visual Development: Marcelo Vignali
- Sound Design Assistant: Mark Binder
- Supervising Animator: Ruben A. Aquino
- Post Production Supervisor: Leslie Moes
- Post-Production Manager: Bérénice Robinson
- Animation: Jonathan Annand
- Visual Development: Richie Chavez
- Visual Development: Douglas Henderson
- Visual Development: Xiangyuan Jie
- Visual Development: Sai Ping Lok
- Visual Development: Franc Reyes
- Visual Development: Harald Siepermann
- Visual Development: Terryl Whitlatch
- Lead Animator: Rune Brandt Bennicke
- Supervising Animator: Alex Kupershmidt
- Compositors: Earl Coffman
- Animation: Robert O. Corley
- Color Timer: Chris DeLaGuardia
- Negative Cutter: Mary Beth Smith
- Technical Supervisor: Christopher W. Gee
- Color Timer: Bruce Tauscher
- Negative Cutter: Rick Mackay
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Garrett Wren
- Supervising Animator: James Young Jackson
- Lead Animator: Tony Stanley
- Lead Animator: Anthony Wayne Michaels
- Lead Animator: Tom Gately
- Animation: Gregg Azzopardi
- Animation: Robert Bryan
- Animation: Don Crum
- Animation: Steve Mason
- Animation: Branko Mihanovic
- Animation: Jean-Claude Tran
- Animation: John Webber
- Animation: Ian White
- Animation: Sasha Dorogov
- Animation: Trey Finney
- Animation: Sarah Mercey-Boose
- Animation: Dominic M. Carola
- Animation: Theodore Anthony Lee Ty
- Animation: Michael Benet
- Animation: John E. Hurst
- CGI Supervisor: Scott Kersavage
- First Assistant Editor: Brion McIntosh
- Production Accountant: Stephanie Mendoza
- Sound Effects Editor: Steve Lee
- Foley Editor: Reuben Simon
Movie Reviews:
- r96sk: Heartwarming, if not as impactful as it intends to be.
‘Brother Bear’ leaves heartfelt feelings and features a cute story. It does get a bit too melancholic in moments where it doesn’t need to be or where it’s not set up perfectly. It can also feel a little predictable, but the twist is decent enough. Animation-wise it’s fine, while that early aspect ratio stuff is oddly done.
The voice cast aren’t amazing, despite the talents of Joaquin Phoenix (Kenai) and Michael Clarke Duncan (Tug). Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas are pretty amusing as Rutt and Tuke though. As a whole, I just don’t feel the voices suit the characters greatly.
The pacing is pretty good while Phil Collins does a satisfactory job with the music, not sure how I feel about the ending though. Overall, it’s very much mid-range Disney.