"Easy to Bear"
| None | Light | Moderate | Heavy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language | ||||
| Violence | ||||
| Sex | ||||
| Nudity |
Watch:
What You Need To Know:
This is pretty tame stuff. One wonders if there was ever a time when these simple stories held the attention of children. Today, children are accustomed, to big special effects and spectacle. Even so, GRIZZLY MOUNTAIN is commendable with its gentle storyline, harmless villains and many moral principles which are only slightly marred by a nod to politically correct environmental concerns and a romantic portrait of Native Americans
Content:
(B, Ev, PC, RH, V, M) Moral worldview marred by some environmentalism & a romantic portrait of Indians; no foul language; very mild slapstick violence; no sex; no nudity; no drinking; no smoking; and, deceit & fraud are thwarted by virtue
More Detail:
Dan Haggerty has devoted much of his career to wildlife adventure stories set in the P Northwest, such as THE LIFE AND TIMES OF GRIZZLY ADAMS. These are usually clean, wholesome yarns reminiscent of 1930’s matinee movies with the added touch of an appreciation for nature and native Americans.
GRIZZLY MOUNTAIN is another movie in the Haggerty repertoire. It is neither the best nor the worst; rather, it is wholesome moral viewing for families with young children.
The story begins in the 1870s with Haggerty as Jeremiah and an Indian chief expressing their concern about the railroad which will destroy the Indian village. Jeremiah says all we can do is pray. Flash forward with the help of a big on-screen title to Portland, Oregon today.
A typical American family is heading off into the wilderness to camp out. Regrettably, the father has a secondary mission: to approve the real estate development of Grizzly Mountain, and his sensitive wife is concerned about the animals.
When they arrive on the mountain, two of his three children, Dylan and Nicole, run off to explore. They end up in a cave and through some unexplained phenomenon, they are whisked back in time to 1870, as another big title card helps us understand the time change.
Jeremiah finds the two children and after some concern about finding their parents, the children realize what has happened and set off to stop 1870 developers from blowing up the mountain to make way for a railroad. The bad guys are bumbling, inept and greedy, reminiscent of the innocuous bad guys in old B Westerns. The inept gang of greedy developers consists of: the three henchmen, who recall the three stooges; the beautiful barmaid, who is the brains of the outfit; the slick developer, who is the spokesperson; and, the mayor, who is going along with the swindle − just for the money. In the process of thwarting these humorous bad guys, the children meet Jeremiah’s animal friends, including Jack the Bear, who sometimes lives with Jeremiah, and the golden eagle who is Jeremiah’s eyes in the sky.
All this is pretty tame stuff. In fact, watching GRIZZLY MOUNTAIN makes one wonder if there was ever a time when these simple stories held the attention of children. Today, children are accustomed to big special effects and spectacle. Even so, GRIZZLY MOUNTAIN is commendable with its gentle storyline, harmless villains and many moral principles which are only slightly marred by a nod to politically correct environmental concerns and a romantic portrait of Native Americans.
- Content: +1Share:
- Content: +1