Cocaine Bear

"Get in line."

2023 1h 35m EN

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6.0

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★6.0TMDB · 2,554

ThrillerComedyCrime

Synopsis

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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.

“Get in line.”

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Cast

Keri Russell
Sari
Alden Ehrenreich
Eddie
O'Shea Jackson Jr.
Daveed
Ray Liotta
Syd
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Bob
Brooklynn Prince
Dee Dee
Christian Convery
Henry
Margo Martindale
Ranger Liz

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Elizabeth Banks
Writers: Jimmy Warden
Languages: English, Portuguese
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Portuguese.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Cocaine Bear Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Elizabeth Banks, shot by John Guleserian. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mark Mothersbaugh. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Joel Negron shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Keri Russell and Alden Ehrenreich and O'Shea Jackson Jr. carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Get in line.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Elizabeth Banks directs. John Guleserian behind the camera. Mark Mothersbaugh scores. Joel Negron cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Portuguese.

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1Released 3 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Portuguese.
3Part of the "Cocaine Bear Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Elizabeth Banks, shot by John Guleserian. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Mark Mothersbaugh. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Joel Negron shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Keri Russell and Alden Ehrenreich and O'Shea Jackson Jr. carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Get in line.".
9IMDB entry: tt14209916 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 13 themes, including "cocaine", "animal attack", "georgia", "based on true story".
11Released under 19 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: John Guleserian
Original score: Mark Mothersbaugh
Editing: Joel Negron
Production design: Aaron Haye
Costume design: Tiziana Corvisieri
Makeup / hair: Liz Byrne
VFX supervisor: Matt Greig
Sound: Kevin O'Connell
Stunt coordinator: Jeffrey G. Barnett
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $32,500,000
Box office: $88,314,672
Return: 272% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Cocaine Bear (2023)

Part of

Cocaine Bear Collection

A comedy thriller film series based on the 1980s true story of a bear that came across – and subsequently consumed – a lot of cocaine.

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Manuel São Bento2023-02-23
★ 6/10
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/cocaine-bear-review "COCAINE BEAR offers what one expects from it: an absolutely INSANE bear wreaking gory, bloody havoc while also doing the stupidest things imaginable. A totally nonsensical yet extremely entertaining time where nothing else matters besides the bear who did cocaine." Rating: B-
CinemaSerf2023-02-26
★ 7/10
OK, so the plot wears a little thin after a while but I really did quite enjoy this daft action adventure film. It all starts with a bloke tossing bags from an aircraft before he clonks his head on the door whilst leaving, mid-air, and next thing the police are identifying the body and a large duffle bag of cocaine. Where's the rest of it? Well out near the original "glory hole" at Cagney's Cavern a bear is having the time of her life - and snacking on just about anything that crosses her path - including Scandi tourists as an appetiser! A couple of kids "Dee Dee" (Brooklyn Prince) and "Henry" (Christian Convery) bunk off school to visit a waterfall and pretty soon her mother and the feisty park ranger "Liz" (Margo Martindale) are all trying to find them and stay one step ahead of the increasingly stoned apex predator. It's got funny moments, scary moments - downright silly moments; Martindale and the young Convery are good fun too, and there is even a bit of a moral to the story from "Eddie" (Alden Ehrenreich) who is determined to opt out of the drug dealing business of his ruthless dad "Syd" (Ray Liotta). It's not often folks laugh out loud in a cinema these days and folks did - as did I - tonight. Rocket science it isn't, but entertaining it certainly is and the bear has some nifty moves, too!
Nathan2023-03-03
★ 5/10
After the initial hit of Cocaine Bear, the film left me scratching for something a little stronger. I think the main drawback of this film is that it is trying to do too much. There are seven to eight characters introduced throughout the course of the film, with each given significant time to develop their story and motivations. This takes a lot of time away from the main attraction, the cocaine bear. There is a period of almost 45 minutes where we are focused on these "secondary" characters, without any action or appearance of the cocaine bear. This section was pretty slow paced and started to lose me, but once the bear is re-introduced, the film gets significantly better. The paramedic scene was superb. The comedy was pretty lackluster as well. The entire theater was laughing aloud, but I found myself only chuckling at a few jokes. This left the script feeling somewhat bland. But the lack of humor is made up for by the absolute brutality on display. There are some really messed up kills that do not shy away from the blood and gore. Some of the effects looked to be prosthetics as well, which always have an especially disgusting appearance to them. The story overall was pretty decent, but the ending was atrocious and incredibly predictable. I found that it was really over the top and cheesy, but not in a good way. The visual appearance of the bear was pretty solid. The CGI was done well but is spotty in a couple of scenes. Overall, I was slightly entertained by this film, but I can't help but feel it did not live up to its full potential. Score: 55% | Verdict: Average