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66% Tomatometer 328 Reviews 71% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Verified Ratings

Inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner's plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it, this wild thriller finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converging in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound apex predator has ingested a staggering amount of cocaine and gone on a co*ke-fueled rampage for more blow... and blood. Read More Read Less

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Despite Cocaine Bear's half-baked plot and uneven acting, the titular fur fiend's scene-snorting frenzy will give B-movie enthusiasts a contact high.

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Cocaine Bear does pretty much exactly what it sets out to do, and if you're in the mood for some silly horror-comedy, that'll be more than enough to satisfy.

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Cocaine Bear | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Mark Asch Sight & Sound Cocaine Bear will, in time, stand as a dated artifact of the current moment's vogue for viral animal videos and epic memes. Jun 8, 2023 Full Review Cocaine Bear | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Wenlei Ma News.com.au This is a movie that makes no apologies for trying to make you howl in laughter and disgust – at the same time. Rated: 3/5 Mar 4, 2023 Full Review Cocaine Bear | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Dmitry Samarov Chicago Reader Save yourself the price of admission and just watch the trailer if you haven’t already, or—better yet—make your own TikTok version. It’ll be funnier and will cost viewers a lot less time. Mar 3, 2023 Full Review Cocaine Bear | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Shakyl Lambert CGMagazine Despite the inconsistent writing, Cocaine Bear succeeds in giving you exactly what you want from a movie called Cocaine Bear. Rated: 6.5/10 Jul 12, 2024 Full Review Cocaine Bear | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana The Geek Show (UK) The Universal Pictures produced comedy horror is silly and at times utterly ridiculous, yet anyone placing these qualities in a negative light is completely missing the point at how unbelievable the origin story actually is. Jul 9, 2024 Full Review Cocaine Bear | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Paul Klein FILMHOUNDS Magazine As a high concept studio backed comedy goes, this is probably one of the strongest in a while. Rated: 4/5 Jul 5, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Kaz I was cheering for the bear. Loved this movie Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/18/24 Full Review Kenneth R This movie had no business being this funny! I enjoyed every minute! Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/26/23 Full Review Jo & Co Cocaine Bear was dreadful in every single department. Jo and I are avid cinema goers. We are both OLD! Our ages range from 79 - 88. I cannot remember such a terrible movie. the acting started out bad and, even though we thought it was impossible - it got worse.It was hailed as a horror/comedy. Neither was evident. "It is loosely inspired by the true story of the "Cocaine Bear", an American black bear that ingested nearly 75 lb (34 kg) of lost cocaine" - Wikipedia.Sadly, even Ray Lotta - an actor I have loves, especially playing villains, was bad. Even worse this movie was dedicated to him as he died soon after the movie was made. He also died (acted) in this awful movie.I am amazed that on Rotten Tomatoes 67% of 299 critics' reviews are positive!! They had to have been watching a different version. The only thing I can agree with is at the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards, Cocaine Bear was nominated for Best Villain (the bear)!Both of us were hoping the bear would devour every single actor in this movie - way before the hour and a half of the scheduled running time of the movie. He very nearly did! Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/05/23 Full Review ARo An entertaining movie with equal parts gore and giggles. I'd watch it again. "Based on a true story" is a bit of a stretch, but I guess that's artistic license. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/30/23 Full Review Jennie C One of the best dumbest movies yet! Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/29/23 Full Review Hector Interesting plot , different - not what I was expecting - but still good 😊👍 Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Elizabeth Banks Director Keri Russell Sari O'Shea Jackson Jr. Daveed Christian Convery Henry Alden Ehrenreich Eddie Jesse Tyler Ferguson Peter
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Cocaine Bear: Official Clip - Eating the Drug Smuggler Cocaine Bear: Official Clip - Eating the Drug Smuggler 1:26 Cocaine Bear: Official Clip - Shooting the Bear Cocaine Bear: Official Clip - Shooting the Bear 2:42 Cocaine Bear: Official Clip - Death to Hikers Cocaine Bear: Official Clip - Death to Hikers 2:25 Cocaine Bear: Official Clip - Sleepy Bear Cocaine Bear: Official Clip - Sleepy Bear 2:08 Cocaine Bear: Official Clip - Wrestling the Bear Cocaine Bear: Official Clip - Wrestling the Bear 3:35 Cocaine Bear: Official Clip - The Cabin and Ambulance Massacre Cocaine Bear: Official Clip - The Cabin and Ambulance Massacre 5:57 Cocaine Bear: Official Clip - Accidental Shooting Cocaine Bear: Official Clip - Accidental Shooting 2:27 Cocaine Bear: Official Clip - The Kids Try Cocaine Cocaine Bear: Official Clip - The Kids Try Cocaine 2:19 Cocaine Bear: Official Clip - Eaten Alive in the Tree Cocaine Bear: Official Clip - Eaten Alive in the Tree 6:51 Cocaine Bear: Red Band Clip - Cocaine Bear Chases Down the Ambulance Cocaine Bear: Red Band Clip - Cocaine Bear Chases Down the Ambulance 2:43 View more videos

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Elizabeth Banks and The Cast of ‘Cocaine Bear’ Give Survival Tips on How to Survive a Bear Attack Elizabeth Banks and The Cast of ‘Cocaine Bear’ Give Survival Tips on How to Survive a Bear Attack 26:05 What to Watch: Cocaine Bear, The Return of Party Down, Bel Air S2 & More! What to Watch: Cocaine Bear, The Return of Party Down, Bel Air S2 & More! 5:28 Cocaine Bear: Featurette - Bear Drool Cocaine Bear: Featurette - Bear Drool 0:30 Cocaine Bear: Exclusive Featurette - An Inside Look Cocaine Bear: Exclusive Featurette - An Inside Look 2:21 Cocaine Bear: Trailer 1 Cocaine Bear: Trailer 1 2:19 View more videos

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Synopsis Inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner's plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it, this wild thriller finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converging in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound apex predator has ingested a staggering amount of cocaine and gone on a co*ke-fueled rampage for more blow... and blood.

Director
Elizabeth Banks

Producer
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Elizabeth Banks, Max Handelman, Brian Duffield, Aditya Sood, Matt Reilly, Christine Sun

Screenwriter
Jimmy Warden

Distributor
Universal Pictures

Production Co
Universal Studios, Lord Miller, Universal 1440 Entertainment, Brownstone Productions

Rating
R (Drug Content|Bloody Violence and Gore|Language Throughout)

Genre
Horror, Comedy

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 24, 2023, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 21, 2023

Box Office (Gross USA)
$64.4M

Runtime
1h 35m

Sound Mix
Dolby Atmos

Aspect Ratio
Digital 2.39:1
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What does 100 Rotten Tomatoes mean? ›

If 60% of reviews are positive, the movie is given a “Fresh” status, but if positive reviews fall below that benchmark, it is deemed “Rotten.” A popular piece of media will typically fall between the 70-90% range, but rarely, a project will receive a 100% score. This means every last review from critics was positive.

What rating did Rotten Tomatoes give Cocaine Bear? ›

Cocaine Bear's Rotten Tomatoes score is 67%. This is based on 316 reviews. The movie also has a Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score of 71% based on over 2,5000 ratings.

Is Cocaine Bear serious? ›

What happened in the four weeks between when the bear ate the cocaine and investigators found its body is anyone's guess, but the animal likely died relatively quickly, riding out on a multi-million dollar high. At the very least, there is no evidence he terrorized locals on a murderous rampage.

What does tomato meter mean? ›

The Tomatometer score represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show.

What is the #1 best movie ever? ›

Citizen Kane (1941), starring and directed by Orson Welles, has topped several international polls, including five consecutive decades at number 1 in the British Film Institute's Sight and Sound decennial poll of critics.

Has any movie ever gotten 100% on Rotten Tomatoes? ›

A number of these films also appear on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies lists, but there are many others and several entries with dozens of positive reviews, which are considered surprising to some experts. To date, Leave No Trace holds the site's record, with a rating of 100% and 252 positive reviews.

Is Cocaine Bear worth watching? ›

Overall I'd say that Cocaine Bear is a solid movie and definitely not what I expected whatsoever. If you're ever in the mood to watch a “horror” movie and get a good laugh at it too this is definitely the movie to watch.

Is Cocaine Bear a successful movie? ›

Box office. Cocaine Bear grossed $64.7 million in the United States and Canada, and $25.3 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $90 million.

Is Cocaine Bear based on a true story? ›

​There's a true story behind 'Cocaine Bear'—and it's no laughing matter. ​The new comedic horror film is based on the real-life drug overdose of an American black bear—and illustrates how human recklessness endangers wildlife. What would happen if a massive mammal ingested a bear-sized load of cocaine?

How many people died in the Cocaine Bear movie? ›

In the movie, the bear goes on a cocaine-induced rampage and attacks and kills eight people. In real life, the cocaine the bear ingested killed it in about 45 minutes.

Was Cocaine Bear funny? ›

Despite Cocaine Bear's half-baked plot and uneven acting, the titular fur fiend's scene-snorting frenzy will give B-movie enthusiasts a contact high. Cocaine Bear does pretty much exactly what it sets out to do, and if you're in the mood for some silly horror-comedy, that'll be more than enough to satisfy.

How gory is the Cocaine Bear movie? ›

Graphic violence is occasionally tempered by humor, but it's still relentless. The bear rips people apart; severed, bloody body parts are shown. It growls at and stalks children and adults and mauls, eviscerates, and kills many, many people.

Is 95% on Rotten Tomatoes good? ›

As the reviews of a given film accumulate, the Rotten Tomatoes score measures the percentage that are more positive than negative, and assigns an overall fresh or rotten rating to the movie. Scores of over 60 percent are considered fresh, and scores of 59 percent and under are rotten.

Is 20% Rotten Tomatoes good or bad? ›

The website keeps track of all the reviews counted for each film and calculates the percentage of positive reviews. If the positive reviews make up 60% or more, the film is considered "fresh". If the positive reviews are less than 60%, the film is considered "rotten".

What does popcorn mean in movies? ›

Noun. popcorn movie (plural popcorn movies) (film, idiomatic) A motion picture without serious dramatic content, a weighty message, or intellectual depth, which serves simply as enjoyable entertainment.

Does any show have 100 Rotten Tomatoes? ›

Other recent series with multiple seasons in the 100% club: The Good Place, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, One Day at a Time, Veep, Fleabag, Jane the Virgin, and Feel Good. Only Murders in the Building season 1 has the most reviews on its perfect 100% score.

What is a good rating for Rotten Tomatoes? ›

Tomatometer scores fall into 3 easy-to-understand categories: Fresh (60% and up), Rotten (59% and below), and Certified Fresh for films with more than 75% positive reviews that meet other criteria - see the criteria HERE.

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