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Bear Cub Reviews

2004

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Pedro, a gay man with an active social life and big circle of friends, takes in his nephew Bernardo for a couple weeks. When it appears as though it might become a permanent arrangement, however, Pedro turns to his friends for guidance as he and 9-year-old Bernardo begin to build a life together... Read more

Starring	Jose Luis Garcia Perez, David Castillo, Empar Ferrer, Elvira Lindo
Director	Miguel Albaladejo
Genres	Drama, Gay/Lesbian, World Cinema

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Most helpful member's review of Bear Cub
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- - 42
  - 6
  Not what I expected (I'm glad to say)
  
  Just going off the cover i was expecting a 'three men and a baby' type film. I was pleasantly surprised. Bear Cub is an intelligent film about a gay man... read more »
  
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- 208782
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Rael39
  - 16 reviews
  - Bury
  - 19 Feb 2006 at 21:09
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- - 0
  - 0
  Big Bear Hug from Me !!
  
  i absolutely loved this Movie. I did'nt want it to End. I laughed, Cried, was moved - Watch It. I have a much more appreciative view on so called ' ... read more »
  
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- - jamesmowbray
  - 10 reviews
  - Belfast
  - 29 May 2011 at 17:42
- - 0
  - 1
  I wouldn't watch it again...
  
  Bit dull really, felt it never went anywhere or accomplished anything, tried to deal with hard hitting issues, opportunity missed.
  
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- 993853
- - karlio2020
  - 10 reviews
  - Teesside
  - 17 May 2011 at 13:07
- - 0
  - 0
  Enjoy the storyline very much, great performance
  
  Enjoy the storyline very much, great performance, very touching story( made me cry little bit).
  
  I probably will not rent it again even though that ... read more »
  
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- 933680
- - cazadora4
  - 23 reviews
  - Southall/London
  - 22 Oct 2010 at 15:24
- - 0
  - 0
  Bear Cub - Good or Bad?
  
  Initially my view of this film was good, it was intelligent, fast pased and informative, as well as touching!
  
  However the story started to drift for ... read more »
  
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- 919928
- - a customer
  - East Sussex
  - 01 Sep 2010 at 20:05
- - 0
  - 0
  lovely film
  
  Better than I thought it would be no gay cliches , nice social comment, good performances very enjoyable maybe a bit quick to end with everything sorted out but... read more »
  
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- 912711
- - ccole13
  - 17 reviews
  - Norwich
  - 08 Aug 2010 at 20:18
- - 3
  - 3
  Bear Cub
  
  Its all in spanish, so unless u know it dont watch it, as the subtitles are to quick.
  
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- 860594
- - jayj
  - 3 reviews
  - Gosport
  - 12 Feb 2010 at 09:50
- - 0
  - 0
  A great gay movie.
  
  The BEST gay movie I've seen in a long time, Wish I hadn't left the DVD in the draw for so long. The BEST portrayal of gay men in a movie EVER. You have... read more »
  
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- - Billypinky
  - 45 reviews
  - London
  - 21 Jan 2010 at 23:30
- - 0
  - 0
  Beartiful
  
  This was a very moving film that focused on a gay subculture that i have not seen covered in films before. it had traditional themes covered in an original ... read more »
  
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- - Randomfilmbuff
  - 327 reviews
  - London
  - 16 Jan 2010 at 00:27
- - 0
  - 0
  Intelligent and frank gay film
  
  This was a great movie, full of real characters and real situations. It dealt with its subject matter in a frank and intelligent way. It also showed that there ... read more »
  
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- 810631
- - ColAsa
  - 2 reviews
  - Birkenhead
  - 15 Sep 2009 at 07:47
- - 2
  - 2
  bear cub
  
  this film was crap i will not be watching it again
  
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  - Melton Mowbray
  - 29 Aug 2009 at 23:49
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- - 42
  - 6
  Not what I expected (I'm glad to say)
  
  Just going off the cover i was expecting a 'three men and a baby' type film. I was pleasantly surprised. Bear Cub is an intelligent film about a gay man... read more »
  
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- 208782
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Rael39
  - 16 reviews
  - Bury
  - 19 Feb 2006 at 21:09
- - 13
  - 0
  Madrid's Gay Scene vividly portrayed
  
  If you can get over the explicit scenes in the first few minutes; this is a sensitive story of an HIV Gay man trying to bring up his nephew in modern day Madrid... read more »
  
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- 199468
- - a customer
  - Gloucester U.K.
  - 27 Jan 2006 at 19:02
- - 12
  - 0
  Such a lucky find
  
  Two of us watched this one and really loved it. How refreshing to see a portrayal of a real gay man - no Hollywood style nonsense settling down, when this ... read more »
  
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- 212983
- - a customer
  - Highbury, London
  - 01 Mar 2006 at 14:42
- - 9
  - 0
  Warm, sensitive human comedy/drama
  
  A beautifully-observed story of the difficulties of loving and creating family across moral and cultural divides. A lovely central performance by José ... read more »
  
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- - John O'Neill
  - Belfast
  - 28 May 2006 at 14:39
- - 6
  - 0
  A hairy encounter
  
  This Spanish film is rather like 'Kramer vs Kramer' but with large hairy gay men. Who like to have a lot of sex. It largely works thanks to dedicated ... read more »
  
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- 448159
- - RJNeb2
  - 772 reviews
  - London
  - 09 Jun 2007 at 01:11
- - 5
  - 0
  Delightful film that all will enjoy
  
  If you're sufficiently enlightened and unprejudiced to watch a film which has a gay sex scene at the start, and several scenes of big hairy gay blokes ... read more »
  
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- - TristanWhite
  - 307 reviews
  - London, UK
  - 13 Apr 2008 at 22:49
- - 4
  - 0
  Pretty Good
  
  I musn't have read reviews properly, but I didn't realise the film was in Spanish - which turned out to be a pleasent surprise. Since the death of ... read more »
  
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- 451217
- - a customer
  - Somerset
  - 19 Jun 2007 at 14:03
- - 4
  - 1
  Wonderful
  
  A refreshing and wonderful film. It's refreshing to see gay men not being portrayed as mindless muscle mary's but real men, lovely bears. I wonder if ... read more »
  
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- - Paul
  - London
  - 20 Sep 2006 at 17:52
- - 3
  - 0
  Lovely Movie !
  
  I wasn't expecting much, especially when the opening scene contained slightly too much information. But I ended up thinking what a lovely honest movie this ... read more »
  
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- - SuffolkBuff
  - 32 reviews
  - Ipswich
  - 23 May 2007 at 10:26
- - 3
  - 0
  enchanting
  
  i thoghly enjoyed this film has a magic about it
  
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- 506447
- - a customer
  - Bristol
  - 24 Dec 2007 at 17:56

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  Pedro, a gay man with an active social life and big circle of friends, takes in his nephew Bernardo for a couple weeks. When it appears as though it might become a permanent arrangement, however, Pedro turns to his friends for guidance as he and 9-year-old Bernardo begin to build a life together......