I’m a bit of an animal lover. Always had dogs in our house growing up, though we can’t anymore due to my wife’s allergies. About 8 or 9 years ago my wife signed me up as a “zoo parent” to a grizzly and we’ve been contributing to his care at the local zoo ever since (as well as other animals here and there over the years, they are our “children”). So of course we were going to see Disneynature’s Bears when it came out.
This isn’t a film for everyone, obviously. It is a story/documentary about a new mother bear and her two cubs in their first summer together in the Alaskan mountains. It shows the dangers they live with on a daily basis from wolves, other bears, and of course starvation if food gets scarce. Narrated wonderfully by John C. Reilly, it paints an accurate portrayal while infusing some humor to elicit a chuckle here and there. It’s a short film at 78 minutes, so if you love animals, bears, or just wildlife in general, it’s a great way to kill an hour.
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