King of the Grizzlies Reviews

While a child, Yesno adopts an orphaned grizzly cub and nurtures him until he is ready to go off on his own. Years later, while Yesno is working as a ranch hand for Wiggins, the bear returns and frightens some people, and he is ordered to capture it. But he cannot take his old friend, and the bear goes free. When Yesno and the bear encounter each other in the woods after several years, the grizzly doesn't harm him, and Yesno is convinced their destinies are linked. Later the bear reappears at the ranch, causing a stampede. Wiggins tries to kill it, despite Yesno's warnings. When the bear tries to attack the white man the Indian makes a friendship sign and his old friend retreats. Before he leaves, he scratches a mark onto a tree, a sign that he will not return. It's the thinnest of plots tacked on to some solid nature photography. The story is too corny, even for the worst of the live-action Disney films. Hibler, who also produced the film, provides the weak narration. The bear, however, is not bad at all. The kids will probably enjoy it.