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Sneak Peek: Brigsby Bear

By The Critic & The Ref
July 25, 2017
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In NY & LA theaters July 28, 2017.

After 25 years of secluded existence with his protective parents in their isolated, off- the-grid home, James is tossed out into a new life in relatively daunting Cedar Hills, Utah. As his world upends, the most shocking revelation to James is that he’s the only person who has ever watched his favorite television program, Brigsby Bear Adventures. Struggling to adjust to the show’s abrupt end, he begins to see Brigsby’s lessons as his only way to make sense of a big, scary new world, and James decides to make a movie to end Brigsby’s story—and re-begin his own.

Kyle Mooney (who also co-wrote the film with Kevin Costello) portrays imaginative man-boy James with infectious earnestness, imbuing warmth and humor into James’s efforts to make friends and integrate into his new reality. First-time director Dave McCary balances off-beat comedy with a unique ode to the joys of filmmaking, featuring standout supporting performances by Greg Kinnear—as a friendly detective bitten by the acting bug—and Saturday Night Live alums Andy Samberg and Michaela Watkins.

Starring: Kyle Mooney, Claire Danes, Mark Hamill, Greg Kinnear, Matt Walsh, and Michaela Watkins

Directed by: Dave McCary
Screenplay by: Kevin Costello, Kyle Mooney
Produced by: Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer, Billy Rosenberg, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Will Allegra, Mark Roberts, and Al Di
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Classics

Runtime: 97 minutes
Rated PG-13


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Left to right: Kyle Mooney as James and Mark Hamill as Ted. @ Brigsby Bear Movie, LLC., Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.


Left to right: Kate Lyn Sheil as Arielle Smiles/Nina and Kyle Mooney as James. @ Brigsby Bear Movie, LLC., Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.


Left to right: Greg Kinnear as Detective Vogel. @ Brigsby Bear Movie, LLC., Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.

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