CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

joeva_za A friend recently lent me a DVD of "Bearcub" that he got in Europe and I must say that I enjoyed it. It starts out a startlingly with three "bears" having a threesome but then evolves into a moving realistic tale of Pedro who cares for his young nephew Bernardo while his hippie sister travels to India. It is well directed and acted. I expected some thing quite B-grade but this was quite charming. Note I believe that the actor who played Pedro is "Jose Luis Garcia Perez". David Castillo who plays young Bernardo is amazingly credible - and there are some mature conversations between him and his uncle about sexuality (Bernardo's mum believes that he is gay too). There are some good characterizations of Pedro's lovers and friends; the babysitter and other neighbors as well as Bernardo's paternal grandmother who tries to gain custody of him.

unclebear-1 It's refreshing to see a movie that portrays "another" kind of gay man. Not the kind with the funny talk, the limb wrist and the feminine strut, but the kind with hair on his chest, a healthy pot belly and a full beard. Gay issues aside, this movie is as funny as it can get. The accent is a killer (for those who understand castilian Spanish) and the acting is superb. The unexpectedly orphaned child finds a surrogate father within the very active social life of his gay uncle, portrayed brilliantly by José Luis García Pérez. Pedro's (the uncle) friends are truly a funny bunch of friendly bears in the Madrid forest as they try to assist him in raising the child the best way possible; the best way they know. The grandmother, who adds a touch of "evil" in the story, doesn't seem to think so. Here's the true conflict. I totally recommend this movie to anyone gay, with a gay in the family or simply to anyone that wants to have a good time following this cachorro (bear cub) in his adventures with his fully developed bear-uncle.

Japanese Beast I saw this film yesterday and I must say is one of the best films I have seen in a long time. Not only the music is good (Fangoria's latest album songs), but the story and the acting were excellent! as a gay man myself I find it difficult not to feel sometimes embarrassed about the stereotypical campness of most gay related movies. This one shows a different aspect of gay life, someone who is described as a "bear", and who lives in the old part of Madrid, which coincidentally is the gay area of Chueca, and who is HIV+, but that is not an impediment for him to carry on with normal life until he is challenged about it by lawyers. All in all, I really enjoyed this movie, I can't wait to get it on DVD when it comes out in UK or Spain.

A A I loved this movie. Finally I had the chance to see it in Italy, in a small-scale gay film festival. Spanish uncut version with English subtitles. The actors were brilliant, the story intriguing (even though I would not have mentioned AIDS, just to avoid the usual cheap match gay-aids).There is so much need of movies like this, to make straight people understand that gay people are not only glitter, and, eventually, discreet people are the vast majority.Thanks for making this movie, and I hope many other directors will shoot something close to this. Ciao from Roma, AA