So first off, if you've seen the trailer for this movie (the one with the ambulance scene) you might be forgiven for thinking this is going to be a hilarious riot of a movie. You might remember other scenes from comedy movies with bears such as The Great Outdoors and think this will be something in a similar vein.
It's not. Not even close.
If you watched the trailer, that is 100% the most fun this movie will ever be. Top marks to whomever put that trailer together, because you managed to do what director Elizabeth Banks couldn't do... make this movie funny.
As for the rest of it... dull characters with no personality but somehow dialled up to eleven on the overacting meter. No great sense of anything like pacing. Questionable editing. No real laughs. Some gore. Somewhat over the top CGI bear.
It tries to be an 80's movie and to some extent it succeeds... but only in being one of those awful straight-to-video movies that you some times came across in video stores back then. You know the sort. The kind that the previous viewer hadn't bothered to rewind because they got thirty minutes in and someone said "This is crap! What else did we get from the video shop?" and it was summarily ejected in favour of something...anything...else.
If you are looking for a fun evening's entertainment, look elsewhere.
SUMMARY: Boring, cringe-inducing, unfunny mess. So bad it's just...well...bad. Not worth your time.
It's not. Not even close.
If you watched the trailer, that is 100% the most fun this movie will ever be. Top marks to whomever put that trailer together, because you managed to do what director Elizabeth Banks couldn't do... make this movie funny.
As for the rest of it... dull characters with no personality but somehow dialled up to eleven on the overacting meter. No great sense of anything like pacing. Questionable editing. No real laughs. Some gore. Somewhat over the top CGI bear.
It tries to be an 80's movie and to some extent it succeeds... but only in being one of those awful straight-to-video movies that you some times came across in video stores back then. You know the sort. The kind that the previous viewer hadn't bothered to rewind because they got thirty minutes in and someone said "This is crap! What else did we get from the video shop?" and it was summarily ejected in favour of something...anything...else.
If you are looking for a fun evening's entertainment, look elsewhere.
SUMMARY: Boring, cringe-inducing, unfunny mess. So bad it's just...well...bad. Not worth your time.