Brother Bear

2003
G
1h 25m

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6.9/10

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Animal Adventure Hand-Drawn Animation Adventure Animation Comedy Drama Family Fantasy Musical

When a young Inuit hunter needlessly kills a bear, he is magically changed into a bear himself as punishment with a talkative cub being his only guide to changing back.When a young Inuit hunter needlessly kills a bear, he is magically changed into a bear himself as punishment with a talkative cub being his only guide to changing back.When a young Inuit hunter needlessly kills a bear, he is magically changed into a bear himself as punishment with a talkative cub being his only guide to changing back.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

127K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,967

994

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 22 nominations total

Kenai
(voice)

Jeremy Suarez

Koda
(voice)

Rick Moranis

Rutt
(voice)

Jason Raize

Denahi
(voice)

Dave Thomas

Tuke
(voice)

D.B. Sweeney

Sitka
(voice)

Joan Copeland

Tanana
(voice)

Michael Clarke Duncan

Tug
(voice)

Harold Gould

Old Denahi
(voice)

Paul Christie

Ram #1
(voice)

Danny Mastrogiorgio

Ram #2
(voice)
(as Daniel Mastrogiorgio)

Estelle Harris

Old Lady Bear
(voice)

Greg Proops

Male Lover Bear
(voice)

Pauley Perrette

Female Lover Bear
(voice)

Darko Cesar

Foreign Croatian Bear
(voice)

Bumper Robinson

Chipmunks
(voice)

Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley

Inuit Narrator
(voice)

Patrick Pinney

Additional Voice
(voice)
(as Pat Pinney)

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Trivia
The lines, "I don't care that you and Binky found the world's biggest pine cone ever" and "First of all, it's not Binky, it's Bucky, and it wasn't a pine cone, it was a pine nut" said by Kenai (Joaquin Phoenix) and Koda (Jeremy Suarez) was an accidental improvisation because Phoenix messed up his line and Suarez corrected it when they were recording.

Goofs
In the opening scene, the DVD subtitles identify the narrator as Sitka, when it is actually Denahi.

Quotes
Mabel: This year, I lost my dear husband, Edgar.
Edgar: Stop tellin' everyone I'm dead!

Crazy credits
At the conclusion of the end credits, Koda appears to announce the standard declaration that no salmon were harmed in the making of the film. However, he is embarrased by a bear chasing a salmon behind him and signals for shooting to stop. Koda covers the lens with his paws and the picture goes black as he accidently breaks the camera while the fishing bear belches.

Alternate versions
The 2013 Blu-ray release plasters the closing variant of the 2000 Walt Disney Pictures logo with the closing 2011 variant of the 2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo, which just reads "Disney".

Connections
Edited into Zenimation: Nature (2020)

Soundtracks
Great Spirits
Written by Phil Collins
Produced and Arranged by Phil Collins and Mark Mancina
Performed by Tina Turner

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Featured review

8/10

Beauty and the "Bear"

"Brother Bear" is the latest Disney feature to be done in hand-drawn animation. In it, a young hunter in the Pacific Northwest of the Ice Age is transformed into a bear to look at life from another perspective. The animation is beautifully done, depicting breathtaking scenes of nature. And things like a herd of caribou or a school of salmon were eye-catching. The story is fascinating, letting you know what it's like to go from being the hunter to being the hunted. Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis make funny cameos as Rutt and Tuke, a pair of moose patterned after their "MacKenzie Brothers" characters. The vignettes during the end credits are funny as well. So, "Brother Bear" offers a good example of what 2D animation can still do.