Metacritic Film

Grizzly Falls

Starring Bryan Brown, Daniel Clark, Tom Jackson, and Brock Simpson

MPAA RATING: PG for wilderness adventure violence and some mild language

Providence Entertainment
Family/Kids
94 minutes | Color
UK / Canada
Released In Theaters January 28, 2000

Young Harry is still dealing with the death of his mother when he joins his esrtranged father on an expedition to the Canadian Rockies to capture a grizzly. Harry gets separated from the group and must learn to fend for himself. While his father sets out to find him, the bear becomes somewhat of a companion, guiding Harry through the wilderness and teaching him how to survive in the wild.

WRITTEN BY
Stuart Margolin (story)
Richard Beattie

DIRECTED BY
Stewart Rafill

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

34 / 100

Critic Reviews

50 Chicago Reader
A series of stunts with bears and lots of stage fighting involving characters who are unambiguously good or evil.
50 The New York Times
Combines old-fashioned boys' adventure with a heavy-handed modern lecture on parenthood. The film possesses a decent heart but suffers from a simple mind.
50 Christian Science Monitor
While the story and acting are the opposite of subtle, young moviegoers may enjoy the action and suspense.
40 TV Guide
A preposterous wilderness adventure (the kind that makes kids think sneaking into the zoo's bear pit is a cool idea) laid over a touchy-feelie story about good parenting.
40 Los Angeles Times Robin Rauzi
Cinematographer Thom Best never captures the glory of the Canadian Rockies, and the uncredited editing is jarring and unconvincing in key action sequences.
38 Chicago Tribune
(Kids) are likely to reject Grizzly Falls as though it were a piece of chewed-over bear fat.
38 New York Daily News
To be avoided by anyone considering a vacation to anything wilder than a zoo.
30 LA Weekly Nicole Campos
When you don't find yourself wondering about dialogue that's drowned out by rushing rivers and footfalls in the brush, something is very wrong.
30 Variety
Lame stuntwork and subdued thrills indicate not just a low-budgeter, but a blindness to what target aud demands.
25 New York Post
A hapless family film that's too scary for little kids and too boring for everyone else.

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