Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Kyle MooneyJames Pope
- Mark HamillTed Mitchum
- Jorge Lendeborg Jr.Spencer
- Matt WalshGreg Pope
- Michaela WatkinsLouise Pope
- Ryan SimpkinsAubrey Pope
- Greg KinnearDetective Vogel
- Alexa DemieMeredith
- Beck BennettDetective Bander
- Claire DanesEmily
Recommendations
- 87
The Verge
Brigsby Bear holds together because it’s so flawlessly navigated and so utterly sincere. James has his ups and downs, but they aren’t manipulative, cheap, or calculated. - 83
Consequence
Brigsby Bear offers a touching and daringly unconventional reminder of how no approach to filmmaking is inherently bad with the right mind at the helm. - 80
Variety
Rather than milking the outre premise for broad comedy, everyone involved strives to keep the characters and situations grounded and warm. - 70
We Got This Covered
Although the film flies off the rails in its climax, the rest of Brigsby Bear is an outrageous concept that’s pulled off quite well. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Kyle Mooney (a longtime McCary collaborator on Saturday Night Live and elsewhere) is winning in the lead role, naive but not cartoonishly so in a film that walks a fine line, credibility-wise. - 70
Screen Daily
Gradually, the movie becomes a compassionate but constructive commentary on the danger of nostalgia — how it seduces us into sticking with worn-out pleasures at the expense of new experiences and challenges. - 63
Slant Magazine
The film has such a goofy sense of humor and affection for its premise that its uneven narrative is sometimes only as frustrating as a little static on an old VHS. - 60
TheWrap
Its low-gear celebration of fandom-inspired ingenuity, and belief in the power of creating as a reparative balm, earns it enough well-deserved smiles when things fall predictably into place in the latter stages.
