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The Care Bears Movie

1985 · 76 min

A gentle, song-filled cartoon adventure that feels like a warm hug, with mild spooky moments and a comforting message about caring.

Directed by
Arna Selznick
Genres
Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
Tagline
What happens when the world stops caring?
Overview
The Care Bears team up with a troubled brother and sister who just moved to a new town to help a neglected young magician's apprentice whose evil spell book causes sinister things to happen.

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Directed by
Arna Selznick
Genres
Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • friendship
  • love
  • healing
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • fantasy world
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
kids
Form
  • animated
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour5
Realism1
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity2
Emotional weight4

In this series

Care Bears Collection

  1. The Care Bears MovieMovie · 1985 This title
  2. Care Bears Movie II: A New GenerationMovie · 1986

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Genres
adventure, fantasy, animation, comedy, family
Directed by
Arna Selznick
Written by
Peter Sauder
Starring
Mickey Rooney, Jackie Burroughs, Georgia Engel, Sunny Besen Thrasher, Eva Almos, Patricia Black, Melleny Melody, Bob Dermer
Music
Patricia Cullen
Cinematography
Barbara Sachs, David Altman
Runtime
76 min
Country
Canada, United States of America
Languages
English

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