Brigsby Bear Adventures is a children's TV show produced for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly ends, James's life changes forever, and he sets out to finish the story himself.
Despite its lofty aim and a cast including Greg Kinnear, Claire Danes and Mark Hamill, sugary-sweet "Brigsby Bear" feels as if it was made by and for well-meaning lightweights.
Brigsby Bear, directed by Dave McCary and co-written by Kevin Costello and star Kyle Mooney, arrives in time to save the idea of the 'fan' from toxicity.
The film is in some ways an ode to the power of popular culture and the ways in which a very ordinary TV show (or pop song, or film) can worm its way into our subconsciousness.
