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- 2023
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 35 m
- 2023
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 35 m
Summary Inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner's plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it, this wild dark comedy finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converging in a Georgia forest where a 500- pound apex predator has ingested a staggering amount of cocaine and gone on a coke-fueled rampage ...
Directed By: Elizabeth Banks
Written By: Jimmy Warden
- 2023
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 35 m
- 2023
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 35 m
Cocaine Bear
54
5.3
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Summary Inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner's plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it, this wild dark comedy finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converging in a Georgia forest where a 500- pound apex predator has ingested a staggering amount of cocaine and gone on a coke-fueled rampage ...
Directed By: Elizabeth Banks
Written By: Jimmy Warden
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 58 Critic Reviews
54
45% Positive
26 Reviews
26 Reviews
38% Mixed
22 Reviews
22 Reviews
17% Negative
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 58 Critic Reviews
54
45% Positive
26 Reviews
26 Reviews
38% Mixed
22 Reviews
22 Reviews
17% Negative
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
This dark comedy, co-produced and directed by Elizabeth Banks, is a non-stop ride. Complete with gore, sick humour and characters (including the bear) that quickly attach themselves to the audience, this film satisfies so many low-end viewing pleasures that it’s a film you want to see again just to confirm that yes, that WAS indeed what you just saw.
I don’t love every storytelling element, but I do adore all that involves the star of the show, an aggro bear on obscene amounts of blow. You’ll get what you pay for, and can we ask much more from Cocaine Bear?
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 194 User Ratings
5.3
35% Positive
68 Ratings
68 Ratings
40% Mixed
77 Ratings
77 Ratings
25% Negative
49 Ratings
49 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 194 User Ratings
5.3
35% Positive
68 Ratings
68 Ratings
40% Mixed
77 Ratings
77 Ratings
25% Negative
49 Ratings
49 Ratings
Incrediblely well shot. methapthetamine overdose. unwavering cannibalistic bear. unsufficient cocaine. Watch now.
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If this movie doesn't get nominated for an oscar then humanity as we know it is officially doomed.
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Cocaine Bear is less formulaic than a slasher film and more stylishly made. It’s a true oddball, one that mixes yocks and mock desperation and disembodied limbs. So when it’s over you can say, “Well, we definitely saw that.”
There’s already talk of a sequel, Cocaine Shark, and the cast have joked about getting jobs in the Cocaine Bear Cinematic Universe. So maybe it doesn’t really matter if Cocaine Bear is average, as long as it has both cocaine and bears in it. And we can most definitely confirm that it does.
As a creature feature, Cocaine Bear isn’t bad. Not great, mind you. But not bad.
The extent to which the film fails to deliver on the B-movie promise of its title is staggering and, given the high-quality cast and crafts people stooping to concur on behalf of the film’s high-wire and harebrained premise, it is borderline tragic.
Cocaine Bear is a movie that will appeal mostly to people who think it’s hilarious to get their dog stoned. If you’re someone who loves to sit on an old couch with a bong between your legs, crying with laughter as your dog bangs into furniture, “Cocaine Bear” might be your “Citizen Kane.”
2023's Cocaine Bear is the best example of film critics failing to understand deep and complex art. Modern day critics just like to tear movies down because they're too pathetic to make anything great for themselves. They call Cocaine Bear "lazy" yet all they do is write **** movie reviews. They say it's not "groundbreaking" but what are they doing all day? WRITING **** MOVIE REVIEWS! IS THAT GROUNDBREAKING? NO! None of the people who tear this movie down could make a movie even half as good.
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Cocaine Bear is a b-movie about a bear hyped up on...Well...Cocaine. So it goes mad crazy and starts killing the **** outta people. And it's a fun watch- with friends especially! But it ain't really worth much pretending its anything else. Its a fairly stupid movie- and a pretty **** gory one. It doesn't take itself too seriously and regularly plays most of the violence up for jokes, though admittedly I didn't find it an especially funny movie. All things considered, it's okay. But **** still a dumb, gimmick horror movie, one which doesn't take itself very seriously and has its own share of flaws. You get what you get. But in this case, could be worse.
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I'm kinda getting the sense from this movie that bears shouldn't be snorting coke
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+cool film name
+Decent cast
+Good production quality
-Poor pacing/editing/direction
-Bad screenplay
This feels like another 'snakes on a plane'. Sadly it's neither spoofy/parody laden enough to be a comedy or take itself seriously enough to be dramatic or provide tension so it sort of sits in the middle dragging it's heels to the end. The pacing is awful with the relatively tight runtime feeling much longer (at 1hr 30 mins it felt more like 3-4 hrs!!). While this certainly isn't cinema at its best, icould see this being a fun distraction if you're just hanging with friends eating pizza and drinking beers.
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I can't bear-lieve that this movie was greenlit by a studio and actually got made!
It's a bearable dark comedy that bearly has any depth to it. It has fun kills and some jokes that can make you chuckle. It does the bear amount to be an entertaining movie.
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Production Company
Universal Pictures,
Brownstone Productions (II),
Jurassic Party Productions,
Lord Miller
Release Date Feb 24, 2023
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating R
Tagline Get in line.
Awards
MTV Movie + TV Awards
• 2 Nominations
ReFrame
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
• 1 Nomination
