Everyone knows Yogi Bear! Well, this is a live-action feature film based on the cartoon series of the same name. A documentary filmmaker, Rachel (Anna Farris), visits Jellystone Park to work on her new project because she hears that they have two rare talking bears that could help her--Yogi (Dan Aykroyd) and Boo-Boo (Justin Timberlake). Ranger Smith (Tom Cavanagh) tries to teach Yogi and Boo-Boo to stop stealing picnic baskets from guests because he feels that it is putting the park in jeopardy of being shut down by the ruthless Mayor (Andrew Daly).
This film was actually really funny and I liked it a lot! All the kids in the theater were laughing along with myself. If kids can enjoy it, then it serves its purpose. The fact that adults can laugh at its silly humor is a plus. Its slapstick style of humor hit with me. Like I said, the jokes were silly, and they were stupid in all the right places. It wasn't filled with cheap jokes, but ones coming from good instinct. It was in the heart of the original cartoon, which is how it should be. The storyline was goofy and cartoonish and well thought out. It also did not have a predictable conclusion at all! It is a great kids film with good acting and voice talents. This film had great heart and was funnier than many non-children's films that I've watched this year.
Also, there was a good Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner short before the film.
Overall Grade: A
-Ethan Brehm
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