Brigsby Bear review for Film Daze
Written by Saturday Night Live‘s Kyle Mooney and Kevin Costello, Brigsby Bear is essentially a film about film, made for people who love film. James Pope (Mooney) was abducted as a child and, after decades of isolation, has to enter a world he never knew existed. Although the protagonist is suggested to be somewhere in his twenties, the film definitely has a coming-of-age feel to it; the only way James is able to make sense of this new “real world” is through ‘Brigsby Bear Adventures’—a TV show created by his captors. Despite its unsettling backdrop and opening sequence, the film has a beautiful sense of optimism and warmth to it, making it one of my favourites I’ve seen this year. Rather than directly exploring the trauma caused by his kidnapping, Brigsby Bear takes a unique approach, allowing audiences to appreciate the idea of home and safety as a thing or feeling—in this case a television show—rather than a physical space...

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