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Brother Bear
2003
· Movie
· 85 min
C
MEANRANK
68/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #428
- IMDb #315
- Google retired #130
- Rotten Tomatoes #419
- Metacritic #337
- Letterboxd #159
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #467
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #338
- Metacritic Critics #343
- Metacritic Audience #278
- Criticker #244
- Douban #129
- Kinopoisk #94
- AlloCiné #220
- Trakt #156
Every rating
38–94
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 38, highest is Google on 94. Critics average 43, everyone else 73.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →When an impulsive boy named Kenai is magically transformed into a bear, he must literally walk in another's footsteps until he learns some valuable life lessons. His courageous and often zany journey introduces him to a forest full of wildlife, including the lovable bear cub Koda, hilarious moose Rutt and Tuke, woolly mammoths and rambunctious rams.
Details
- Directors
- Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker
- Writers
- Broose Johnson, David Hoselton, John Norton, John Puglisi, Kevin Deters
- Released
- 23 October 2003
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Rated
- G
- Budget
- $128.0M
- Box office
- $250.4M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 15 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Academy Awards 2004 | Best Animated Feature | Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker | Nominee |
| Critics Choice Awards 2004 | Best Animated Feature | Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2004 | Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production | Jason Wolbert | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2004 | Best Animated Feature | Brother Bear | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2004 | Outstanding Character Animation | Byron Howard | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2004 | Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in a Feature Production | Rune Bennicke | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2004 | Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production | Jeremy Suarez | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2004 | Music in an Animated Feature Production | Phil Collins and Mark Mancina | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker | Nominee |
Critics Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker | Nominee |
Annie Awards
6 nominations
| Best Animated Feature | Brother Bear | Nominee |
| Music in an Animated Feature Production | Phil Collins and Mark Mancina | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production | Jason Wolbert | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in a Feature Production | Rune Bennicke | Nominee |
| Outstanding Character Animation | Byron Howard | Nominee |
| Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production | Jeremy Suarez | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
2 nominations
| Best Animated or Mixed Media Film | Brother Bear | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | "Great Spirits" | Nominee |
Young Artist Award
2 nominations
| Best Family Feature Film - Animation | Brother Bear | Nominee |
| Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actor | Jeremy Suarez | Nominee |
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Film | Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker | Nominee |
Golden Reel Award
1 nomination
| Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Animated Feature Film | Richard L. Anderson and Mike Chock (supervising sound editors) Reuben Simon (supervising foley editor) Steve Lee and Piero Mura (sound editors) | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Brother Bear | Nominee |