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Mickey and the Bear

Mickey and the Bear

Drama · 2019

In Anaconda, Montana, a strong-willed teenage girl navigates a loving but volatile relationship with her veteran father. In a desperate search for independence and her own identity, she risks family, heartbreak, and her standing in the only place she can call home.

Movie details

Mickey and the Bear

2019 Drama 1h 30m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

In Anaconda, Montana, a strong-willed teenage girl navigates a loving but volatile relationship with her veteran father. In a desperate search for independence and her own identity, she risks family, heartbreak, and her standing in the only place she can call home.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Mickey and the Bear?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Annabelle Attanasio

Written by

Annabelle Attanasio

Camila Morrone

Camila Morrone

Mickey Peck

James Badge Dale

James Badge Dale

Hank Peck

Calvin Demba

Calvin Demba

Wyatt Hughes

Ben Rosenfield

Ben Rosenfield

Aron Church

Rebecca Henderson

Rebecca Henderson

Leslee Watkins

S

Stephen Little

Sheriff Avery

J

Joel Scheett

Cop 1

Court is in session

Put Mickey and the Bear on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.