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List Price: $29.99 | | Label: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Salesrank: 8433
Released: August 29, 2006 |
| Our Price: $8.88 |
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MPAA Rating: G (General Audience)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
We're back in an all-new movie eh? Beauty. And not just us moose but the large bear (that's Kenai) and his little brother bear (that's Koda) and also this new girl named Nita. She's a handful eh? Nita knew Large Bear way back when he wasn't a bear. That was in the first movie remember? Anyway they thought they were gonna be together forever even though they get along like two angry beavers in a mud hut. Okay so now the Great Spirits say they have to go on a great big exciting journey to break the pact. So don't trample off. Join me and my brother -- oh and there's a couple fetching moosettes in this story too -- for all sorts of laughs and wild adventure. (See what I did. I used the word "wild" 'cause we're out in the woods.) Beauty. It's gonna be tons of fun for the whole family eh?System Requirements:Running Time 73 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY Rating: G UPC: 786936278231 Manufacturer No: 03967900
Description of Brother Bear 2:
The bonds of true friendship and love are powerful enough to persist through even the most extreme circumstances, but can even the strongest bond endure when a young man and a young woman are split apart by the spirits? Since being turned into a bear as punishment for his insensitivity in Brother Bear, Kenai has managed to find true happiness and a compelling sense of purpose in his new relationship with his adopted brother Koda. But when Kenai's old friend Nita prepares for her wedding day with another man, the spirits send a sign indicating that a strong connection still exists between Kenai and Nita. The tribe Shaman suggests that the two join forces in a ritual to sever the bond between them and Nita, newly endowed with the ability to communicate with animals, seeks out Kenai in the woods. Even as the two friends resolutely journey to break the connection between them, the inescapable bond between them strengthens and threatens to disrupt not only Nita's upcoming marriage, but the special relationship between Kenai and Koda. In the end, destiny may require that each of the three choose between his or her happiness and the happiness of the other two. Like its predecessor Brother Bear, Brother Bear 2 features lush animation; a nice blend of action, suspense, and comedy; and a powerful message. (Ages 3 - 12) --Tami Horiuchi
Brother Bear 2 Reviews:
Brother Bear 2 Rocks!! 
2008-08-28 - I purchased Brother Bear 2 because I loved the story of the first one so much and hoped that the second would continue in the heartfelt beauty of it. It did. I love it as much as the first one, which doesn't often happen.
Brother Bear 2 
2007-08-24 - Didn't care for it. Poor story line. Did not live up to Disney standards.
Great movie
2007-08-09 - My kids and I really enjoyed seeing the 2nd movie. We thought it was really well done. A great story and love the songs. Thought it was better than the original
Brother Bear 2 
2007-03-25 - This movie definately wasn't as good as the first one and the first one wasn't as good as it should've been. This one is very cheesy. I think it was made just to make money. I hate those kind of movies - sequels and prequels made just for the money, no love put into it. And the voice actor for "brother bear" is different - I like the one from the first movie better. And the story is also cheesy - the first movie, in a way, brings a few tears to your eyes. Gosh, the first movie was sad, but it was cool.
Color Me a Sentimentalist, but I Like BB2 Even Better than the Original
2007-02-09 - Yes, it is true that the original Brother Bear was excellent, that it was more "earthy" than Brother Bear 2, and that using the voice of Wanda Sykes as the "Sha-Woman" in this sequel was a little odd. Overall, however, I actually found this movie more moving and more enjoyable to watch--over and over again--than the original Brother Bear. I also liked the score and the songs just as well, if not better, in this wonderful sequel. (What the heck does singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge's sexual orientation have to do with anything? See review dated Oct 9, 2006.)
[Warning: Next paragraph may contain minor "spoilers."]
I have raised two sons. Now, I am raising two daughters, so perhaps I have become a sentimentalist! Well, so be it. I am touched, and I want my children to be touched emotionally, when we see the occasional examples of true love in these Disney movies; such as, when Koda is willing to let Kenai return to human form if that is what will make Kenai happy, when Kenai later refuses because his little brother needs him, or in the Tarzan movies when Kala says to Tarzan that all she wants as a mom is for him to be happy--and means it, even though it would make her very sad if he leaves. Or, when Tarzan says: "... you will always be my mother." And when Kerchak finally acknowledges Tarzan as "my son." This depth of love--true love--is also displayed by Feline in Bambi II as she is genuinely happy for Bambi to be running off with his father when she would undoubtedly prefer than he stay and play with her.
These are moments that should touch us emotionally, and perhaps the "Two Worlds - One Family" theme of the Tarzan movies is particularly meaningful to us because our two adopted girls have different racial backgrounds.
Anyway, for whatever it may be worth, I love Brother Bear 2 and enjoy sharing it with all of those close to me who can appreciate this kind of movie. Watch it. I think you will find that the strong criticisms of some are overstated and perhaps even unjustified--but that's why we have chocolate and vanilla, n'est pas??!!!
