BoredNow33
So, you tell no one where you are going? You hear a storm is coming and take no shelter in the 6 hours before it comes? How far are you sailing, there were plenty or islands to sail to to wait the storm out. You don't use the boat radio to try to contact anyone? You have no survival experience at all? You almost drown your husband/father running away from bear that isn't chasing you? But later this psycho bear decides to follow the people? And you don't hear the gigantic grizzly bear until it is 2 feet from you. That's a smart bear!
There's a ferocious bear on the same island as ship wrecked people, but we'll wait an hour before even leaving to look for them.
Let's see, what else... oh, the doctor's office reruns a pregnancy test? Why? Because those are wrong so often, right! Then gives the results to someone other than the patient? Sure.
I think though what pisses me off the most is the wife saying now her mother has to wait to be a grandmother when she has been married to a man with a daughter for 2 years. Really? This woman couldn't have accepted and loved his daughter as her granddaughter? Now wonder the daughter can't accept her new stepmother if the stepmother and her mother don't accept the daughter.
richard-lee-morris
The large grizzly bear was a terrific actor with super large teeth. The main actors were credible. The supporting actors were less credible. The plot was interesting to me, with the bear tracking the humans on a remote island located somewhere (undisclosed) in Puget Sound. Part of the interest for me was the location, as I live near Seattle. But honestly the plot themes were contrived. 1. A huge storm made the boat run aground. Since the island was shown as mountainous, it was hard for me to imagine such a storm on Puget Sound. The islands located on Puget Sound are not mountainous (but rugged). The extreme weather that made the boat run aground is not common here in Seattle. 2. I was not aware of grizzly bears living on any islands. The habitat on the islands is very limited -- there are no streams on the islands as shown in the movie. So for me, as a Native of Washington state, the location scenes didn't make sense.
chiluvr1228
Watched this last night on GMC. Other than Theresa praying to God to keep them safe from the storm, I don't know how a previous reviewer could call this a "religious themed movie". It is a nice, little family movie to watch on a Saturday night if nothing else is on the TV.Jason Priestly had very little to do in this movie so if you tuned in to watch him, you will be disappointed.In typical fashion, the family heads out on their boat to go to Bear Island, telling nobody where they were going and obviously not checking the weather reports. Naturally a storm comes up crashing their boat onto the rocks on Bear Island. Robert is injured so spends much of his time in this movie laying on his back. The mother is brave but not the brightest bulb in the chandelier. Even after they know there is a bear on the island (hence the name Bear Island I guess) they still go traipsing in the woods alone with numerous bear encounters. They should have stayed with the boat, but like most people set out to find help themselves.The usual schmaltzy type of movie you would find on GMC or The Hallmark Channel. I survived it but wouldn't watch it again. But if you are into family oriented movies this one is safe to watch with the children, unless they are very young as some of the bear scenes might be a little frightening to young kids.BTW there is no nudity or even partial nudity. Not sure where that came from.
moviesarebetterthantvshows
The movie was okay. I just finished watching it on the movie network. Jason Priestly (Robert) is an important figure in the movie, and plays a father role who just finished writing a novel. Priestly doesn't really do much acting in this role, it is mainly done by his wife who is the one who really shows the courage in this movie. His wife played by Andrea Roth(Teresa), also the stepmother of his daughter. His daughter is played by Genenvieve Buchner (Megan). It starts off pretty well with an opening scene of future events to come and how they get caught in a big storm on their family boat. The movie portrays how a modern family overcomes their differences and work together to survive difficult situations. The acting overall isn't really that great but not bad for a made for t.v. movie. It does keep you interested as to what is going to happen next. I would say it's movie that you can watch with the family, especially if you have a teenager's who give you a hard time. They may learn to appreciate you more if you were in this situation as this family was. Also, a good one for those struggling step mothers who have a hard time bonding with their step children.On a side note they state on the movie network that their is some nudity in it. Well let me just let you know, that no nudity occurred.
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