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Brigsby Bear
MEANRANK
76/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 67, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 87.
See the most agreed on films →James has spent his entire life isolated in a bunker, his world defined by a children's TV show called "Brigsby Bear" that is created just for him by his captors. After being rescued and returned to his biological family as an adult, he learns the show no longer exists. To process his new reality, James decides to create a movie to conclude the Brigsby Bear story himself, enlisting the help of new friends he meets in the outside world.
Details
- Director
- Dave McCary
- Writers
- Kevin Costello, Kyle Mooney
- Studio
- 3311 Productions, Lord Miller, Kablamo!, YL Pictures
- Released
- 27 July 2017
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Box office
- $681.6K
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