In this case, it's two moose brothers Rutt and Tuke (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas), who talk like Bob and Doug McKenzie. Along the way, though, we get every Disney cliché: the precocious kid Koda (Jeremy Suarez), banal Phil Collins songs (I can't believe this guy was once in one of the premier progressive rock bands of the 1970s) and two goofball sidekicks. However, the village shaman Tanana (Joan Copeland) can communicate, and tells him that to be turned back, he has to journey to where 'the light touches the Earth.' Thus begins the journey, which is a metaphor, of course, for his own maturation. He succeeds, but in doing so is transformed into a bear himself.Being a bear, he can't communicate with humans any more, all that comes out is a roar. Now full of very immature rage, Kenai goes after the bear with the intent to kill it. In the fight, Sitka sacrifices his life to save his brothers. The youngest and of course most heavily teased, Kenai is preparing to undergo a coming of age ceremony.The happy mood is ruined when the brothers are attacked by a raging grizzly bear. The main characters are three brothers, Kenai (Joaquin Phoenix), Sitka (D.B. The MovieSet in the Pacific Northwest many centuries ago, the stars of this film are the Inuit Indians, which is new territory for animation and film in general. If this is what the once-mighty Disney Animation division is capable of producing, Roy Disney has a very good argument for change, and not just in the executive suite.

Having finally seen it, I can see my prediction was even safer than I thought.

Brother Bear was Disney's Oscar entry this year, and I figured it didn't have a prayer of a chance against Finding Nemo given its tepid box office and reviews.

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