Cocaine Bear
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Inspired by a true story, an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.
What critics thought
Critics were genuinely split on whether the premise could sustain a full film: fans of the gonzo B-movie mode found the bear's rampage a darkly funny, crowd-pleasing thrill, while skeptics argued the human characters are thin, the plot stretches a single joke well past its breaking point, and the ending turns unexpectedly sentimental in ways that feel unearned. The film works best as a communal theatrical experience and least as something you scrutinize closely.
“wildly entertaining and darkly hilarious B-movie blood-fest”
Richard Roeper·Chicago Sun-Times
“It may not be Grizzly Man meets Scarface, but it leaves Snakes on a Plane standing on the runway.”
Mark Kermode·The Observer
“Instead of showing us the moment when the title character discovered and ingested the drugs, the film keeps introducing more and more characters who could have been in the first draft of a Coen brothers script”
Nicholas Barber·BBC
Genres
Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Cast & Crew
Elizabeth BanksDirector
Keri RussellSari
Alden EhrenreichEddie
O'Shea Jackson Jr.Daveed
Ray LiottaSyd
Isiah Whitlock Jr.Bob
Brooklynn PrinceDee Dee
Christian ConveryHenry
Margo MartindaleRanger Liz
Jesse Tyler FergusonPeter
Kristofer HivjuOlaf
Hannah HoekstraElsa
Ayoola SmartOfficer Reba
Mark MothersbaughComposer
Jimmy WardenWriter
John GuleserianCinematographyCocaine Bear
Inspired by a true story, an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.
What critics thought
Critics were genuinely split on whether the premise could sustain a full film: fans of the gonzo B-movie mode found the bear's rampage a darkly funny, crowd-pleasing thrill, while skeptics argued the human characters are thin, the plot stretches a single joke well past its breaking point, and the ending turns unexpectedly sentimental in ways that feel unearned. The film works best as a communal theatrical experience and least as something you scrutinize closely.
“wildly entertaining and darkly hilarious B-movie blood-fest”
Richard Roeper·Chicago Sun-Times
“It may not be Grizzly Man meets Scarface, but it leaves Snakes on a Plane standing on the runway.”
Mark Kermode·The Observer
“Instead of showing us the moment when the title character discovered and ingested the drugs, the film keeps introducing more and more characters who could have been in the first draft of a Coen brothers script”
Nicholas Barber·BBC
Genres
Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Cast & Crew
Elizabeth BanksDirectorKeri RussellSariAlden EhrenreichEddieO'Shea Jackson Jr.DaveedRay LiottaSydIsiah Whitlock Jr.BobBrooklynn PrinceDee DeeChristian ConveryHenryMargo MartindaleRanger LizJesse Tyler FergusonPeterKristofer HivjuOlafHannah HoekstraElsaAyoola SmartOfficer RebaMark MothersbaughComposerJimmy WardenWriterJohn GuleserianCinematographyStream
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