The Care Bears Movie

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The Care Bears Movie

G

Released Mar 29, 1985

1h 16m

Kids & Family

Fantasy

Animation

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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

"The Care Bears Movie" isn't a bedtime story at all -- it's more of a lulla-buy-buy-buy.

Jan 3, 2018

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Time Out

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.

Feb 9, 2006

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Richard Grenier

New York Times

This endearing movie's mottoes are: never stop caring. And: the best way to make friends is to be a friend yourself.

Rated: 3/5

May 21, 2003

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Tony Mastroianni

Akron Beacon Journal

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.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 16, 2021

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TV Guide

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.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 24, 2013

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Pam Gelman

Common Sense Media

Not all rainbows and hugs -- some scares, too.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 22, 2007

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Liam D

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

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/17/24

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Cyrus K

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.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/13/22

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Audience Member

The greatest 01 hour: and 16 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

Great song and feel good movie a must see especially for younger audience and adults alike.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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The Care Bears Movie is every bit as saccharine and harmless as you'd expect from this merchandise-driven piece of '80s animation (take that, Transformers! The friggin' Care Bears beat you to the punch as the first big-screen movie based on a toyline) but its surprisingly dark tone compared to the sequels and actually quite threatening villain could surprise older audiences. And for what it's worth, this movie DID save Nelvana from filing for bankruptcy following the massive undeserved flop that was Rock and Rule. This isn't a good movie by any means but it was never meant to appeal to anybody older than 6 in the first place so why should I treat it like an abomination? Especially given the well-intentiomed circumstances behind why it was made. P.S. I don't know what's more embarassing: The Black Cauldron getting its ass handed to it by this film of all things or the fact that this movie has a more detailed Wikipedia page than 3/4 of DreamWorks Animation's entire filmography.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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The funniest Care Bears joke is their belly markings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Arna Selznick

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Georgia Engel

Love-a-Lot-Bear

Mickey Rooney

Mr. Cherrywood

Jackie Burroughs

The Spirit

Sunny Besen Thrasher

Jason

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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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