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Callahan M This movie is not for those with eyes or ears. I would rather lay my ballsack on a lit hibachi grill than endure the 90 minute genocide of watching this “film”. If you enjoy watching a woman stumbling across the woods for 35 minutes then this movie will satisfy all your needs. I was rooting for the bear to kill the screenwriter and then itself. Each of the 3 MINUTES that the bear was on screen made you realize why this film had a budget of $7. I would recommend this movie if you need your 13th reason or if you hate yourself. Never watching this piece of absolute garbage again. I think the true fear in the actresses eyes was at the thought of this movie being released to the public. Her acting was depressing. Depressing because I know she will never get another acting job after this iMovie looking disaster was sadly seen by the world. The ad breaks in the middle of this movie felt like a drink of water in the desert. I’ve never been happier to see an Ozempic advertisement in the smack middle of a movie. The director should add the suicide hotline at the end of the movie for those of us who even made it that far. I wish I could give it -7 stars because half a star feels like way too much. Don’t watch. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/15/25 Full Review Jeremy S Never been scared of bears until now. I found it gripping. My wife fell asleep. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/26/25 Full Review Abdul H Predictable, boring, collection of scenes not an engaging movie at all. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/04/25 Full Review Nick H Not good. The bear doesn’t make sense and is barely in the movie. If it is man v nature it doesn’t sell the nature conflict. They are slightly hungry and then a bear attacks. If we take the bear then as the main antagonist, or even just the human failure to respect nature, then it should feel more relentless. There is no climax and the only other real character is a weak callback at the end of the movie who meant nothing. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/25/25 Full Review Jacob B The movie itself is pretty great, as is the acting, score, direction and storyline. Tense throughout up until the very end, and the bear attack scene was quite gruesome and macabre. That being said, the protagonist (the dopey boyfriend) is the most unlikable character imaginable. Aside from being a jealous, irritable yuppy douchebag, he also makes the most asinine decisions as humanly possible., from beginning to end. He intentionally leves behind the cellphone and any means to call for aid. He tells his girlfriend she doesn't need to bring the bear mace. He goes hiking off trail, gets lost in the mountains and pitches a tent adjacent to a bear bed. And then, knowing that a bear is stalking them, he decides to leave his only means of defense (a measly hatchet) by the campfire, right before the attack ensues. The fact that he took his girlfriend camping for days, deep in mountainous bear country without a firearm to defend himself, makes him even more pitiful, pathetic, ignorant and unbearably irritating. As far as 'most hated movie characters' go, this obnoxious idiot sits right up there with Corporal Upham from Saving Private Ryan. So much so, that I found myself actually rooting for the bear to mangle him and rid the film of his utter stupidity. Other then that it was a fantastic and suspenful film! 😁 Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/30/24 Full Review D S Watched this without knowing the first thing about it so I thought the Irish guy was going to be the antagonist in the story. Was absolutely unready for what happened, I found it harrowing (not helped by the fact that I had a very lucid and very similar dream a few years ago), could hardly stand to watch parts of it but couldn't possibly not watch. Very atmospheric and, to me, very scary. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/24/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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