"The Bear" is a 26-minute animated short film that was made for the Christmas holidays back in 1998, so this one will soon have its 20th anniversary already. The team behind this are the ones who worked on "The Snowman" and "The Snowman and the Snowdog" and you can easily see it from the animation style. And as with these I just mentioned, there is also no (or hardly any) spoken dialogue in here, no voice acting, at least not in the version I saw. Apparently Judi Dench is the narrator for the American version, so if you are a great fan of her then check out that one. I can imagine her voice going pretty well with the atmosphere. Anyway, in terms of the story it is pretty decent as well without ever reaching greatness really and same goes for the music. I personally was not too fond of the way the human protagonist looked, but I liked everything else. This is entirely subjective of course. All in all, this short film at slightly under half an hour is certainly a good pick to check out when there is a lot of snow outside your house that gets you in the spirit. Apart from the very general plot idea, the film scores through realism and love to detail. I think it's a decent watch for the young ones and those still young at heart.
Review of The Bear
