 A STILL FROM THE MOVIE  | Critic's Rating: Cast: Voice of Dan Ackroyd and Justin Timberlake, with Tom Cavanagh, Anna Faris Direction: Eric Brevig Genre: Animation Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes Readers Rating: |
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Story: Yogi Bear needs to play crusader once again. This time, it is a question of survival as Jellystone Park, his beautiful wild home, is threatened by a power-hungry politician who wants to be governor at all costs. Even if it means cutting down all the trees, transforming the greens into agricultural land and sacking the eco-friendly Ranger Smith. Can the bumbling bear save his home and the happiness of the city-dwellers? Maybe he can, with best friend Boo-Boo around....
Movie Review: He's big, brown, benign and bumbling. Everything that makes Yogi such a big hit. Add to this, his insistence on being smart and city-bred, and you have a recipe for loads of goofy fun. Pay attention to this. Yogi hates to be any old bear. He hates to `forage' in the wilds for food. He hates to catch fish with his paw. And he hates to leave the limelight.
So what does he love? His favourite pastime is to invent ways and means to steal the pic-a-nic hampers from all the lovely families that throng the park. Only, there's a problem now. The crowds seem to have stopped coming and the city seems to be going bankrupt. Enter, wily politico (Andrew Daly) who wants to decimate the greens for crude cash. Ranger Smith (Tom Cavanagh) tries his best to save the sanctuary with the help of the friendly documentary film maker Rachel (Anna Faris), but Yogi's good interventions always seem to sabotage the plans.
Doesn't really matter, does it? For Yogi is the quintessential bumbling hero who always does save the day for friends and himself. The film has a lazy and laidback charm and may not be as fast and furious as the current crop of animation films hitting Hollywood's screens.
Nevertheless, the voice-overs of Dan Ackroyd and Justin Timberlake for Yogi and his friend Boo-Boo add vibrancy to the drama and create a film that's a sweet weekend getaway.
This one's a must for those who have grown up on the much-loved Hanna-Barbera cartoon character. The 3-D may not be integral to the production but there are enough shoves and pushes to keep you ducking in your seat.
Story: Yogi Bear needs to play crusader once again. This time, it is a question of survival as Jellystone Park, his beautiful wild home, is threatened by a power-hungry politician who wants to be governor at all costs. Even if it means cutting down all the trees, transforming the greens into agricultural land and sacking the eco-friendly Ranger Smith. Can the bumbling bear save his home and the happiness of the city-dwellers? Maybe he can, with best friend Boo-Boo around....
Movie Review: He's big, brown, benign and bumbling. Everything that makes Yogi such a big hit. Add to this, his insistence on being smart and city-bred, and you have a recipe for loads of goofy fun. Pay attention to this. Yogi hates to be any old bear. He hates to `forage' in the wilds for food. He hates to catch fish with his paw. And he hates to leave the limelight.
So what does he love? His favourite pastime is to invent ways and means to steal the pic-a-nic hampers from all the lovely families that throng the park. Only, there's a problem now. The crowds seem to have stopped coming and the city seems to be going bankrupt. Enter, wily politico (Andrew Daly) who wants to decimate the greens for crude cash. Ranger Smith (Tom Cavanagh) tries his best to save the sanctuary with the help of the friendly documentary film maker Rachel (Anna Faris), but Yogi's good interventions always seem to sabotage the plans.
Doesn't really matter, does it? For Yogi is the quintessential bumbling hero who always does save the day for friends and himself. The film has a lazy and laidback charm and may not be as fast and furious as the current crop of animation films hitting Hollywood's screens.
Nevertheless, the voice-overs of Dan Ackroyd and Justin Timberlake for Yogi and his friend Boo-Boo add vibrancy to the drama and create a film that's a sweet weekend getaway.
This one's a must for those who have grown up on the much-loved Hanna-Barbera cartoon character. The 3-D may not be integral to the production but there are enough shoves and pushes to keep you ducking in your seat.
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