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Grizzly Falls

1999, Movie, PG, 94 mins

Grizzly Falls: Review

GRIZZLY FALLS | BEARBOY
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A preposterous wilderness adventure (the kind that makes kids think sneaking into the zoo's bear pit is a cool idea) laid over a touchy-feelie story about good parenting. The year is 1913 and young Harry (Daniel Clark) is still mourning the death of his mother when he joins his estranged father (Bryan Brown) on a wilderness expedition in the wild Canadian west. Dad, a world famous adventurer who's been gallivanting all over the world when a good father would have been at home bonding with his son, wants to capture a grizzly bear and plans to stun the beast with newfangled tranquilizer darts. A bear is spotted, but things go terribly wrong and the hunters wind up with nothing but her cute cubs. Mad as hell, the bear kidnaps Harry. Fortunately, even small children will realize that the bear isn't going to hurt the boy: The robustly healthy old Harry (Richard Harris), whom we've just seen camping in the woods with his own grandchildren, is telling the tale in flashback. So it comes as no great surprise when little Harry realizes his abductor is a big old softy who's just bluffing when she rears up on her hind legs and looks as though she's about to tear someone's head off. Harry nicknames the bear "Mizzy" because she's such a miserable grouch, and embarks on a wilderness journey of self-discovery (not to mention doing cool stuff like eating grubs and fishing with a home-made spear), while his father, wounded and exhausted, slogs through the woods, feeling worse by the minute for having been such a bad dad. It's all nicely photographed and competently acted, but even kids will cringe when Harry starts sharing his innermost feelings with Mizzy. Parents desperate for "clean entertainment" will find that this fits the bill, but that doesn't mean it's actually entertaining. leave a comment --Maitland McDonagh
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