The Country Bears Movie Review 2002

Fresh out of new ideas, Disney apparently saw gold in a few of their amusement park rides and decided to make movies out of them. This tale of talking, singing bears is the first installment. When Beary (voice of Osment) finds out that he's adopted, and not actually part of the human family that raised him, he decides to take a journey to visit Country Bear Hall in order to find his roots. Unfortunately, the hall is slated for demolition by evil banker Reed Thimple (Walken). Beary attempts to reunite the Country Bears, the legendary band that made the hall famous, in order to save it. Standard Disney fare, which means nothing objectionable except the attempt to make you buy more of their toys.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 88 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Disney Family Movies, Bears, Family Ties, Nashville Narratives, Adoption & Orphans, Adapted from a Disney Amusement Park Ride

Screenplay

Mark Perez

Cast

Christopher Walken, Daryl (Chill) Mitchell, Diedrich Bader, Alex Rocco, Stephen Tobolowsky, M.C. Gainey, Meagen Fay, Eli Marienthal, Queen Latifah

Cinematography

C. Mitchell Anderson

Director

Peter Hastings

Music

Christopher Young, John Hiatt

Other

Diedrich Bader, Haley Joel Osment, James Gammon, Brad Garrett, Candy Ford, Toby Huss, Kevin M. Richardson, Stephen (Steve) Root, Steve Nelson, Nora Felder, George Bowers, Seth Flaum, Maria Baker, Genevieve Tyrrell, Dan Bishop

Producer

Jeffrey Chernov, Andrew Gunn, Walt Disney Pictures, Buena Vista