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‘Boonie Bears: Back to Earth’ is Out of This World (Movie Review)
Boonie Bears: Back to Earth
Rating: 8/10
Director: Huida Lin
Writers: Lin Jiang, Qin Wan and Rachel Xu
Style: Animation/ Family/ Sci-Fi
Time: 97 minutes
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9HdOW8Og3c
Review by Mike Szymanski
How did I not know about the Boonie Bears? Of course, if you don’t have toddler-to-elementary school-aged children, you may not keep up with children’s shows, but the Boonie Bears are going to be an animated team that everyone will get to know about at some point.
They will be as ubiquitous as Dora the Explorer once was, maybe more. They are the Pokemon of the children’s market, and they make a lot more sense to me. It’s a charming cartoon franchise that you may want to watch whether you have kids or not.
The Boonie Bears show is the longest-running and most popular children’s show in China since 2012, with more than 600 episodes and is now being shown in 82 countries.
It has been dubbed into English, Spanish, French, Russian, Tamil and Hindi. In India it’s played on the Big Magic Channel in the Hindi language and called “Bablu Aur Dablu.” The franchise has partnered with Netflix, Sony and Disney, so you know you will be seeing a lot more of these kooky woodland characters.
And this fifth feature film, “Boonie Bears: Back to Earth” already grossed more than $100 million worldwide while the entire series is inching toward $1 billion in ticket sales from enthusiastic audiences.
It’s fantastic animation and also very fun for everyone and has a heavy environmentally-positive message. There are battle scenes and evil characters, but nothing too scary. (It’s not as scary as “Star Wars” or “Harry Potter.”)
The 13-minute TV shows are one form of entertainment, but the Boonie Bears clan is explored much more in their feature-length film. This movie is delightful for the whole family, and certainly for…
