Just perfect...

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

bear with me is truly spectacular. i was a bit disappointed that the opening montage didn't actually play out in the film though--i waited and waited for the scene where the girl and the bear were in the go-carts and the bear was just enjoying his ride around the track in his crooked helmet; I also hoped for more of the tea party scene, where the bear, dressed in his Sunday bonnet, rolled with laughter at Emily's witty quips while they sipped from their tiny teacups. But all in all, I'd say this is a must-see. If nothing for the climactic and symbolic tearing down of the tree fort and the lovely rendition of some nameless song that Emily sings into her portable recorder machine to illustrate the power, the utter spiritual enlightenment being soul mates with a bear brings.