Brigsby Bear Adventures is a children's TV show produced for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly ends, James's life changes forever, and he sets out to finish the story himself. Read more …
Brigsby Bear is as lovable as the title character himself.
A film about a cult that might well attract a cult following itself. But it’s only moderately successful, with the early scenes hinting at a bolder, more satisfying tale that could have been.
As the film unwinds to a sentimental anticlimax, its potential is unfulfilled.
A sweet, albeit overly quirky, film.
The comedic mileage from its faux show goes a long way.
There is something refreshing about the carefree way the filmmakers here ignore genre rules and develop their story in such eccentric and offbeat fashion. What is not clear, though, is at whom the movie is aimed.
A fey, low-key charmer where you have to take an awful lot at face value.
This story of an oddball being let out into the world succeeds in its character portrayal even as it stumbles over reality.
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