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The Care Bears Movie

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This animated movie, featuring the popular children's characters, begins with orphanage manager Mr. Cherrywood (Mickey Rooney) telling a story about the Care Bears. In it, a young magician's assistant falls prey to an evil spirit (Jackie Burroughs) intent on destroying all happiness in the world. It is then up to a group of Care Bears, including Friend Bear and Love-a-Lot Bear, with help from a couple of orphans, to stop the spirit using their caring powers.
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Paul Attanasio Washington Post 01/03/2018
"The Care Bears Movie" isn't a bedtime story at all -- it's more of a lulla-buy-buy-buy. Go to Full Review
Time Out 02/09/2006
Adults forced to accompany three-year-olds to the movie would have had a little moment of satisfaction when the time came to shovel the Care Bear toys out of the house into landfill sites. Go to Full Review
Richard Grenier New York Times 05/21/2003
3/5
This endearing movie's mottoes are: never stop caring. And: the best way to make friends is to be a friend yourself. Go to Full Review
Paul Lê Bloody Disgusting Mar 28
5/5
The Care Bears Movie makes for a surprising source of gateway horror. Go to Full Review
Tony Mastroianni Akron Beacon Journal 08/16/2021
2/4
The movie preaches the positive power of friendship. And if it succeeds at the box office, it will prove the positive power of commercial tie-ins. Go to Full Review
TV Guide 03/24/2013
2.5/4
The story unfolds simply, with respect for its young viewers and their view of the world. The animation is bright and colorful, with lively characters that will surely delight children. Go to Full Review
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Keith S @Artlabhastings Dec 12 The Care Bears Movie follows a journey between characters Kim, Jason and Nicholas. It was a very funny movie, the animation wasn’t too good but I enjoyed the story. One bad thing about this movie is that it does not explain what they are doing, but I can see why it’s for younger kids because it’s a simple storyline. So far this movie has caught me by surprise because it is actually quite funny. The animation was a bit clunky at times but the colours were perfect and well executed using green and purple as a ‘bad’ scary colour and bright colours like blue yellow and red as ‘good’. The music was very 1980s but quite fun though. I would recommend this movie to ages 0-6 as it’s quite comedic at times, has nice colours, a friendly vibe and a easy storyline. Review by Jude (aged 12 yrs.) See more Stephen C @bob25009 Jun 14 Failure in 1 hour and 16 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Mar 29 A cute, relatively harmless movie even 40 years later Based on the popular characters with symbols on their chests spawning tons of merchandise from greeting cards to plushies to even a tv show and many direct to video installments The story is very easy to understand; the Care Bears descend unto Earth from Care A Lot to help some children who need caring in their lives Two of them are Kim and Jason while a third named Nicholas needs the most help He’s a magician’s assistant who’s not very good at stuff and is in desperate need of love and friends He then comes across a sinister magical book called the Spirit who offers to help Nicholas become a good magician But the book has other plans to turn everyone in the world into jerks and make everyone not care anymore So it’s up to Kim, Jason, and the other Care Bears to save Nicholas It is essentially a long glorified commercial but there’s not anything bad in it for kids The villain is the coolest and scariest portion of this although she doesn’t have any clear motivation for what she does but she does play on Nicholas’ temptation of power and influence The franchise itself served as an overcompensation for everything bad in the 1980s to carry the burden of the worlds troubles, it’s all about rescuing and consoling children It fed into the moral terror of this particular decade (where many kids fims featured darker, scary material challenging them) Yes, it’s stupid but keep in mind that it is intended strictly for little children It’s all good when it comes to the songs, the morals and and the message In fact much of the pressing themes of love and caring still holds up to this day we just have to be reminded I think the adults can find few things to like here and there but the toddlers will have a blast See more Liam D @Mediawatcher2003 03/17/2024 This movie feels very much like the Care Bears themselves; Innocent, Harmless and extremely dull with barely script and characters, bland voice acting and terrible songs See more Cyrus K @Keyflame626 11/13/2022 I am not gonna lie, i think this movie is close to decent (but it isn't decent). So what does the movie do well? i like the villain, the animation is decent with pleasant colors, and almost every character is bearable (no pun intended). But what doesn't work about the movie? The care bears themselves can be a bit overbearing (pun intended), there is a very strong feeling of slight overly sappiness (but not a troll in central park sappy!), and the songs really do suck! so overall, the good and the bad just clash to make a meh movie. See more 07/11/2022 The greatest 01 hour: and 16 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis This animated movie, featuring the popular children's characters, begins with orphanage manager Mr. Cherrywood (Mickey Rooney) telling a story about the Care Bears. In it, a young magician's assistant falls prey to an evil spirit (Jackie Burroughs) intent on destroying all happiness in the world. It is then up to a group of Care Bears, including Friend Bear and Love-a-Lot Bear, with help from a couple of orphans, to stop the spirit using their caring powers.
Director
Arna Selznick
Producer
Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, Clive A. Smith
Screenwriter
Peter Sauder
Distributor
Samuel Goldwyn Company, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.
Production Co
Samuel Goldwyn Company
Rating
G
Genre
Kids & Family, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 29, 1985, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 1, 2017
Runtime
1h 16m
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