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My Friend Bernard

2007 · 76 min

A gentle, brightly coloured cartoon adventure that ambles through silly set-pieces, easy for small children to follow and forget.

Directed by: Aaron Lim
Genres: Animation, Family, Comedy

Tagline: Ice Melting Fun.
Overview: Sam is a shy boy who is afraid of almost everything until he meets a polar bear named Bernard who takes him on an epic adventure across the world to help him lose his fears.

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Directed by: Aaron Lim
Genres: Animation, Family, Comedy

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
coming-of-age
survival
freedom
Places: fantasy world
wilderness
sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: kids
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	5
Horror	1
Humour	6
Realism	2
Romance	0
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: animation, family, comedy, adventure
Directed by: Aaron Lim
Written by: Aaron Lim
Runtime: 76 min
Country: South Korea, Spain
Languages: Korean

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