Bear Cub [DVD]

BEAR CUB is a really wonderful film, but to respond to Jeffrey of Ill., there was a "bear" film made in 2003 called "A BEAR'S STORY". It is a short. It has been playing in film festivals all around the world for the past 2 years, but has not been released on DVD as of yet. It is a contempory coming-of-fur story about a man who discovers the bear community after not fitting into the "gay lifestyle" that is so prevalent. I truly hope you get to see it in some film fest someday or hopefully catch it on DVD when it finally is released. It has won a few festival awards. It will play next in August 2005 at the first Vermont Bear Film Festival and then this fall in Norway. You can check out the web site for news on showings [...] Until then buy BEAR CUB and enjoy. Why do I know so much about "A BEAR'S STORY"? I am one of the leads. Hope you like it.

i just happened to be in dallas tx while this movie was playing and i am so glad that i had seen it. this movie is a testament to the bonds that form in a family. a gay uncle is forced to care for his nephew when his mother was detained in a foreign country. that is the basic premise of the movie. the true beauty of the movie comes through when the uncle is faced with the boy's grandmother blackmails the uncle into giving up custody of the child. you really see the emotion and the torment the uncle goes through when the grandmother uses his lifestyle against him in her fight to take away the child. in a very short time you see a father son relationship form between the two and it rips your heart out to see them separated. the young boy knows all about the world and knows all about his uncle and his homosexuality and the fact the he still loves and encourages his uncle is a beautiful thing to see. the movie hits all the right notes and does not pull any punches and lets you see who these characters are. i love this move and cant wait to get it on dvd, see it if you get the chance

This movie was both insightful and inspiring. More often than not, gay media tends to focus on the image conscious club kids, or the gym bunnies, and in Bear Cub it touches on another side of the LGBT community: the bears. The film itself is deep and touches on issues from psychological welfare, kids in the gay community and health issues facing today's queer community. The only thing restricting this movie to a 4 star and not a 5 star is the subtitles. I LOVE subtitled movies, but the subtitles in this one move VERY FAST. I literally had to pause the movie a few times to catch up. This draws away from the movie if you need to read all of them. However, this movie was moving enough to make up for the execution of the DVD features.

I've read the 22 reviews that exist as of this writing (june 2006). I am so glad the the majority of reviewers have appreciated this amazing film from Spain. There are plenty of spoilers in the reviews and I wouldn't want to rob new viewers of the joy I had in the story unfolding. It was a beautiful, well-acted gem from a country that seems to have it more together than here in the United States (I guess nearly 30 years of Almodovar movies will do that).This movie is not only worth watching but its worth purchasing.And as for "robotsloveme" who hated this film -- I can understand why robots love you. Because anyone with a pulse would find you insane -- that's the only way I can understand your SO UTTERLY missing the point of this movie. Was it dubbed wrong for you or something? I'm fluent in Spanish so maybe I got the original voice. But your calling this an insulting film for gays and AIDS is ridiculous. Utterly stupidly ridiculous. It made me think you must have watched a completely different film then the one I own.For everyone else, trust the absolute gushing love that the GRAND majority of reviewers have bestowed on this special special film.

I really enjoyed this dvd, the uncle was given the task of looking after the boy after his mother and 'friend' went to India and ended up in prision for quite a while. Grandmum was a real bitch wanting the boy for herself and pulling all the dirty tricks in the book to get him. I was a bit touched at the finish of the film when the uncle came back for the, now grown up,boy at his grandmums funeral. Good story with a good ending.

It can be tear jerker if you focus on the story line. Entertaining movie.

This show could have been so beautiful in the telling of a gay uncle/guardiam and child and I would have rated it 3 stars for the tale if not for the following;The gay guardian is permissive about drugs, seeing nothing wrong with them personally and the show shows no ill effects of drugs, only positive. He speaks out against his gay friends doing drugs in front of the kid once, but after being chastised by them he forever after allows it, thus sending the message that drugs are cool are good to use. This actually is shown by the child eventually taking drugs himself and all his friends all starting to do it too, again with no ill effects shown, just their euphoria. Am I the only gay man that sees the problem with this highly distructive message?In addition the gay guardian may be out when it comes to homosexuality but the show suggests you should be secretive and ashamed of everything else, including HIV/AIDS.. and furthermore that you shouldn't tell your partners and that you cannot have a committed partner with AIDS. The uncle /guardian dismisses the one he really loves due to his HIV BUT WITHOUT TELLING HIM WHY, but yet would continue to have casual sex with him. Also by then going and having casual sex in swarmy places before and after he gets worse, he doesn't learn any lessons but instead the film suggests that the HIV/AIDS suffers should simply keeping going and having casual sex, especially when after doing that he gets better. What is this film trying to say? C'mon my fellow gay men, wake up! Don't support something just because it's gay. Make sure it really is good, this film isn't and in fact sets a terrible standard.

An enjoyable movie to watch.

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I didn't realize when I bought it that it was Spanish with English subtitles. I don't like reading movies but really wanted to see this movie. I does have a touching story about an uncle that gets thrown into fatherhood after his sister leaves her son with him while she goes on vacation but doesn't return and how his "Bear Family" helps him with the transition. I did miss a lot of the dialog as Spanish is a very fast spoken language and I couldn't keep up with the subtitles at times. I likely would have rated higher if it had been in English.