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A Bear Named Winnie

2004 · 90 min

A gentle, old-fashioned true-story comfort watch, soft-edged and sentimental, with a bear at the centre and the shadow of war kept mostly at a distance.

Genres
Drama, Family, Tv movie
Overview
Based on the true story of a Canadian soldier, enroute to World War I from Winnipeg, who adopts an orphaned bear cub at White River Ontario. It is namned Winnie (for Winnipeg) and eventually ends up at the London Zoo where it became the inspiration for A.A.Milne's Winnie The Pooh stories.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • war
  • found family
  • loyalty
  • grief
Places
  • military
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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