When a young Inuit hunter needlessly kills a bear, he is magically changed into a bear himself as punishment with a talkative cub being his only guide to changing back.When a young Inuit hunter needlessly kills a bear, he is magically changed into a bear himself as punishment with a talkative cub being his only guide to changing back.When a young Inuit hunter needlessly kills a bear, he is magically changed into a bear himself as punishment with a talkative cub being his only guide to changing back.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 22 nominations total
Joaquin Phoenix
- Kenai
- (voice)
Jeremy Suarez
- Koda
- (voice)
Rick Moranis
- Rutt
- (voice)
Jason Raize
- Denahi
- (voice)
Dave Thomas
- Tuke
- (voice)
D.B. Sweeney
- Sitka
- (voice)
Joan Copeland
- Tanana
- (voice)
Michael Clarke Duncan
- Tug
- (voice)
Harold Gould
- Old Denahi
- (voice)
Paul Christie
- Ram #1
- (voice)
Danny Mastrogiorgio
- Ram #2
- (voice)
- (as Daniel Mastrogiorgio)
Estelle Harris
- Old Lady Bear
- (voice)
Greg Proops
- Male Lover Bear
- (voice)
Bumper Robinson
- Chipmunks
- (voice)
Patrick Pinney
- Additional Voice
- (voice)
- (as Pat Pinney)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe lines, "I don't care that you and Binky found the world's biggest pine cone ever" and "First of all, it's not Binky, it's Bucky, and it wasn't a pine cone, it was a pine nut" said by Kenai (Joaquin Phoenix) and Koda (Jeremy Suarez) was an accidental improvisation because Phoenix messed up his line and Suarez corrected it when they were recording.
- GoofsIn the opening scene, the DVD subtitles identify the narrator as Sitka, when it is actually Denahi.
- Crazy creditsAt the conclusion of the end credits, Koda appears to announce the standard declaration that no salmon were harmed in the making of the film. However, he is embarrased by a bear chasing a salmon behind him and signals for shooting to stop. Koda covers the lens with his paws and the picture goes black as he accidently breaks the camera while the fishing bear belches.
- Alternate versionsThe 2013 Blu-ray release plasters the closing variant of the 2000 Walt Disney Pictures logo with the closing 2011 variant of the 2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo, which just reads "Disney".
- ConnectionsEdited into Zenimation: Nature (2020)
- SoundtracksGreat Spirits
Written by Phil Collins
Produced and Arranged by Phil Collins and Mark Mancina
Performed by Tina Turner
Featured review
Brother Bear (2003)
*** (out of 4)
Underrated Disney film about a Inuit hunter (voice of Joaquin Phoenix) who kills a bear without cause and ends up being transformed into a bear where he must help a young cub who has lost its mother. In order to take human form again, the bear must grow a heart and learn the true meaning of love. BROTHER BEAR seems to get a lot of mixed reviews among Disney fans but I really don't understand why because I thought it was a pretty good film with several memorable characters, some good laughs, the needed pulling of the heart-strings and of course some great animation. I really thought the animation here was quite wonderful from the opening scenes that were full of darkness to the middle of the picture when things are a lot more colorful. The attention to detail was just marvelous and especially the scenes early on with the ice, the flowing water and several scenes inside a cave. There lights in the sky were another impressive bit of animation from the studio who were obviously legends by now. Another major plus were the vocal performances with Phoenix doing an extremely good job in the role of the bigger brother who takes on this young cub. You can just really feel a love and naturing feeling to the vocal work. Jeremy Suarex, Rick Moranis and D.B. Sweeney are also very good in their supporting roles. As you'd expect, there's certain messages that the filmmakers try to get across and I think they did a fine job without having to beat the viewer over the head. The ending, which I won't spoil, was quite touching as only Disney can do. Again, I'm really not sure why this film got so many negative reviews but it's certainly a winning addition to the studio's great work.
*** (out of 4)
Underrated Disney film about a Inuit hunter (voice of Joaquin Phoenix) who kills a bear without cause and ends up being transformed into a bear where he must help a young cub who has lost its mother. In order to take human form again, the bear must grow a heart and learn the true meaning of love. BROTHER BEAR seems to get a lot of mixed reviews among Disney fans but I really don't understand why because I thought it was a pretty good film with several memorable characters, some good laughs, the needed pulling of the heart-strings and of course some great animation. I really thought the animation here was quite wonderful from the opening scenes that were full of darkness to the middle of the picture when things are a lot more colorful. The attention to detail was just marvelous and especially the scenes early on with the ice, the flowing water and several scenes inside a cave. There lights in the sky were another impressive bit of animation from the studio who were obviously legends by now. Another major plus were the vocal performances with Phoenix doing an extremely good job in the role of the bigger brother who takes on this young cub. You can just really feel a love and naturing feeling to the vocal work. Jeremy Suarex, Rick Moranis and D.B. Sweeney are also very good in their supporting roles. As you'd expect, there's certain messages that the filmmakers try to get across and I think they did a fine job without having to beat the viewer over the head. The ending, which I won't spoil, was quite touching as only Disney can do. Again, I'm really not sure why this film got so many negative reviews but it's certainly a winning addition to the studio's great work.
- Michael_Elliott
- May 3, 2014
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- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Tierra de osos
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $128,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $85,336,277
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $291,940
- Oct 26, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $250,397,798
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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