Rating: G
Genre:
Children's/Family
Theatrical Release: 10/24/2003(USA
Release Date: 03/30/2004
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1/DTS/THX
Run Time: 85 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Suitable for Children, Watch With Your Kids
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video
In the
Disney-animated
adventure Brother Bear,
Joaquin Phoenix provides the voice of
Kenai, a young Native American boy whose brother,
Sitka (voice of
D.B. Sweeney), is killed by a mother bear protecting her cubs. With revenge in mind,
Kenai sets out into the woods only to find himself magically transformed into a bear himself. Seeing the world through the eyes of his prey,
Kenai is forced to learn a lesson about nature and life. On a comic footnote:
Brother Bear also features the voices of
Rick Moranis and
Dave Thomas as
Rutt and
Tuke, moose characters reminiscent of their beer-guzzling McKenzie brothers from
SCTV and
Strange Brew; because this is a family-oriented cartoon - and it would be inappropriate for the moose to quaff beer -- the two moose express a fondness for eating wheat hops instead.
~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
;)
