Greenes Please don't spend money on this.
Dorathen Better Late Then Never
ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
Iseerphia All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.
eddie_baggins You'd never be able to question Brigsby Bear's foundation of originality.Saturday Night Live alumni Dave McCary's film is a truly unique independent offering with its heart in the right place and some neat ideas but the initially intriguing and quietly captivating experience of Kyle Mooney's James Pope's journey from a life of solitude, with escapism provided by a fake TV show, through to a life lived in the big wide world of making friends and learning how to live and love, ends up becoming a somewhat familiar experience that never makes its mark like you had hoped.As we begin our journey with the mid-20's James, who is living under the care and supervision of his parental figures in the form of Jane Adams and Mark Hamill (doing some nice work in limited screen time), McCary's film is full of odd whimsy and an off-beat, yet heartfelt core but as this story of a man-child learning to become an adult and learning to focus on the important things, McCary's story, that largely ends up involving James and his new outside friends making a movie based on the made up character of Brigsby Bear, loses much of its charms and captivating concepts.There are some fine individual sequences and moments of genuine heart and laughter but McCary's film to often finds itself walking familiar character beats and story arcs as James begins to understand more about his new surrounds and characteristics of human beings and as this occurs you wish you had had more opportunity to see some more of James backstory and life in the surrounds of his previous bunker life, not so much of his time making his ion project with a bunch of side players we don't ever come to care that much for.One thing you can't take away from McCary's film and his overall vision is the commitment by his able-bodied cast of familiar faces that includes the likes of Greg Kinnear, Claire Danes and Lonely Island/ex-Saturday Night Live member Andy Samberg, who all seem invested in making Brigsby Bear more than your average every day off-kilter experience and it's always nice seeing actors of note take time out of their otherwise higher profile projects to work on smaller scale affairs such as this.Final Say - Filled with some great ideas and fantastic individual moments, Brigsby Bear has its fair share of wonder and easy to digest charm but from the highs of its starting point, McCary's film slowly makes its way towards its end zone and ends up being a middle of the road experience, rather than a great one.2 ½ bear costumes out of 5
johnsone-5 You'll not find a more creative movie, nor a nicer one. This is what Hollywood should be producing, if the glinches hadn't taken over.
grayghost-40225 The movie was the perfect length. I think one of its greatest qualities was that not a single scene was wasted. Everything we saw was relevant, and no longer than it needed to be. I don't want to sound cynical, but I feel like that's an increasingly prominent problem in film.Story-wise, this movie covers everything. The Creative Process is the most prominent storyline, but it also touches on autism, the struggle to connect with your own children, and of course, kidnapping victims returning to society. All of these things are compact and unobtrusive, so you don't even really need to think about them in order to still enjoy the movie. It's a feel-good movie at heart, so it doesn't require analysis to enjoy, but the potential is definitely there. Great to watch with family, or maybe with friends if you're working on your own creative project. I have to say, Mark Hamill plays a better father in this movie than he does a Luke Skywalker in the recent Star Wars films. I just love how it's vaguely mentioned how James was kidnapped for 25 years, but no one really explains how it happened. Little things that are left unsaid really make this movie shine. I would only warn that there are few "jokes" in this movie. It's comedy because of the context, not cause characters spout stand-up in between scenes. Brigsby is funny as a concept, and that's all it needs to be. Lastly, if I could change one thing about this film, I'd make the final film a little more "real." James's final movie just looks too poor for me to believe that so many people would watch it. However, that doesn't detract from the positive message presented at the end.
adonis98-743-186503 Brigsby Bear Adventures is a children's TV show produced for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly ends, James's life changes forever, and he sets out to finish the story himself. This film was such a refreshing and cool idea about a kid who wants to make a film and as someone who once almost made a film of his own this film inspired me alot and there's an entire twist from the beginning that i don't want to spoil. The perfomances are brilliant especially from Kyle Mooney, Greg Kinnear and the great Mark Hamill. This is a sweet comedy and drama about the importance of filmmaking, parenthood and being accepted for who you are. (A+)
