By Emilio Frenk.
Director: Dave McCary
Cast: Kyle Mooney, Mark Hamill, Jane Adams, Matt Walsh, Michaela Watkins, Ryan Simpkins, Greg Kinnear, Claire Danes and Andy Samberg.
Rating: Excellent.
Filmmaker Dave McCary makes his feature film debut with “Brigsby Bear”, a comedy/drama that delivers extraordinary results.
The movie tells the story of James Pope (Kyle Mooney) a young man who has been captivated since he was a kid by Ted Mitchum (Mark Hamill) and his wife April (Jane).
In that time both Ted and Jane create a children´s tv show called “Brigsby Bear”. James thinks the show is completely broadcast and is in shock when he realizes that the show was cancelled.
For make things worse he realizes that the show was created only for him and begins to feel more attached by the fact that show did really exist.
James´s life changes forever and embarks in an adventure of making a movie about Brigsby Bear and finishing with the ideal ending.
When I heard about this film I didn´t had any idea what was going to be about and I think that this is one of the reasons why I enjoyed it even more.
There is no doubt that “Brigsby Bear” is a very original film and this is one of the things that I believe that made it special.
Both Kevin Costello and Kyle Mooney, who stars in the film as the main characters James Pope crafted a unique and touching movie of a young man who believes in an idea and does everything to make it happen.
The direction by Dave McCary was really good and with his direction the cast gave very good performances in this touching movie, specially Mark Hamill, which is very rare to see him in this kind of films but he is very good in this film.
Greg Kinnear is also great in this movie playing the detective behind the case that eventually will form a unique friendship with James in the film.
The score of this film is really good and the message is very clear on not giving up either your dreams and what you believe in.
“Brigsby Bear” is one of the year´s surprises this year and I highly recommend it for it´s originality, direction and wonderful screenplay.