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Brigsby Bear

2017 · 97 min

A gentle, quirky charmer that finds warmth and wonder in healing, like a homemade kids' show made with love.

Directed by
Dave McCary
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Tagline
Until our next adventure...
Overview
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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Directed by
Dave McCary
Genres
Comedy, Drama
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • found family
  • coming-of-age
  • trauma
  • healing
Places
  • small town
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Dave McCary
Written by
Kevin Costello, Kyle Mooney
Starring
Kyle Mooney, Mark Hamill, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Matt Walsh, Michaela Watkins, Ryan Simpkins, Greg Kinnear, Alexa Demie
Music
David Wingo
Cinematography
Christian Sprenger
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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