"Bear" is an award-winning (Palme-d'Or-nominated) Australian 8.5-minute (without credits) short film from 5 years ago written and directed by famous actor Nash Edgerton, brother of Joel, and he also plays the main character. The film needs a couple minutes to get interesting when a woman is angry with her boyfriend being a useless bum and apparently even having forgotten her birthday. But has he really? Actually, he is quite a prankster and prepared a surprise for his significant other and it sure is gonna become a surprising day for everybody involved. The contents in this little movie are very much dramatic from start to finish and yet this film gave off a somewhat comedic note that comes with everything dramatic at the same time. Very weird, yet very well-done. From the moment on we see Edgerton in the bear costume for the very first time, it is a compelling watch. Still I had a bit of a problem with the character putting on the head at the end. In this context it made no real sense and felt only as means for including the final twist. This is also why I cannot give this film an 8/10 even if I would like to. Not for very young audiences though. Everybody else should check it out, I highly recommend the watch.
Review of Bear
