''Big Bear'' is a 2017 American
comedy
Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium.
Origins
Comedy originated in ancient Greec ...
film directed, produced, written and starring
Joey Kern
Joseph Daniel Kern (born September 5, 1976) is an American actor and director. He is most widely known for his roles in the 2003 films '' Cabin Fever'' and ''Grind''.
Early life
Kern was born in Kentucky and was raised in northern Kentucky in t ...
, also starring
Pablo Schreiber
Pablo Tell Schreiber (born April 26, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for his stage work and for portraying Nick Sobotka on ''The Wire'' (2003, 2008), William Lewis on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (2013–2014), Mad Swe ...
,
Adam Brody
Adam Jared Brody (born December 15, 1979) is an American actor. His breakout role was as Seth Cohen on the Fox television series '' The O.C.'' (2003–2007). For his performance as Noah in the Netflix romantic comedy series '' Nobody Wants T ...
,
Ahna O'Reilly
Ahna O'Reilly (born September 21, 1984) is an American actress. She is best known for her role in the film '' The Help'' (2011).
Early life and career
O'Reilly graduated from Menlo School in 2003 and attended the University of Southern Californi ...
,
Tyler Labine
Tyler Labine (born April 29, 1978) is a Canadian-American actor. He is best known for starring in the film ''Tucker & Dale vs. Evil,'' the television series ''Breaker High'', ''Invasion (2005 TV series), Invasion'', ''Reaper (TV series), Reaper'', ...
and
Zachary Knighton
Zachary Andrew Knighton (born October 25, 1978) is an American actor, best known for starring as Dave Rose on the ABC comedy series ''Happy Endings'' from 2011 to 2013 and as Orville "Rick" Wright in the rebooted version of '' Magnum P.I.'' from ...
.
Plot
When Joe shows up for his bachelor party that his friends, Eric, Nick and Colin, have thrown for him, he has to tell them that his fiancé, Jess, broke up with him the night before as she's in love with someone else. They encourage him to stay and party anyway to help cheer him up. The next morning after a long night of drinking, Eric shows them that he has kidnapped the guy Jess left Joe for, "Dude". He is tied and bound to a chair in the basement of the cabin they are staying and Joe debates whether to let him go or scare him into leaving Jess.
Cast
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Pablo Schreiber
Pablo Tell Schreiber (born April 26, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for his stage work and for portraying Nick Sobotka on ''The Wire'' (2003, 2008), William Lewis on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (2013–2014), Mad Swe ...
as Dude
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Adam Brody
Adam Jared Brody (born December 15, 1979) is an American actor. His breakout role was as Seth Cohen on the Fox television series '' The O.C.'' (2003–2007). For his performance as Noah in the Netflix romantic comedy series '' Nobody Wants T ...
as Eric
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Ahna O'Reilly
Ahna O'Reilly (born September 21, 1984) is an American actress. She is best known for her role in the film '' The Help'' (2011).
Early life and career
O'Reilly graduated from Menlo School in 2003 and attended the University of Southern Californi ...
as Jess
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Toby Huss
Tobias Huss (born December 9, 1966) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Artie in the Nickelodeon series '' The Adventures of Pete & Pete'' (1993–1996). He is also known for his voice-over work on the long-running animated series ''K ...
as Cop
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Tyler Labine
Tyler Labine (born April 29, 1978) is a Canadian-American actor. He is best known for starring in the film ''Tucker & Dale vs. Evil,'' the television series ''Breaker High'', ''Invasion (2005 TV series), Invasion'', ''Reaper (TV series), Reaper'', ...
as Nick
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Zachary Knighton
Zachary Andrew Knighton (born October 25, 1978) is an American actor, best known for starring as Dave Rose on the ABC comedy series ''Happy Endings'' from 2011 to 2013 and as Orville "Rick" Wright in the rebooted version of '' Magnum P.I.'' from ...
as Colin
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Joey Kern
Joseph Daniel Kern (born September 5, 1976) is an American actor and director. He is most widely known for his roles in the 2003 films '' Cabin Fever'' and ''Grind''.
Early life
Kern was born in Kentucky and was raised in northern Kentucky in t ...
as Joe
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Patricia Rae
Patricia Rae (born in Manhattan, New York City, April 9, 1965) is an American actress.
Early life and work
Rae, who is of Colombian ancestry, was born in Manhattan and spent her childhood in Queens. As a child, Rae spoke only Spanish at home, bu ...
as Waitress
* Heidi Heaslet as Susan
Production
The film is
Joey Kern
Joseph Daniel Kern (born September 5, 1976) is an American actor and director. He is most widely known for his roles in the 2003 films '' Cabin Fever'' and ''Grind''.
Early life
Kern was born in Kentucky and was raised in northern Kentucky in t ...
's directorial debut, which he also wrote and produced the film with MTY Productions President Brandon Evans, Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti of Fortress Features and Luke Edwards.
References
External links
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* {{Rotten Tomatoes, big_bear_2017
2017 films
2017 comedy films
2017 directorial debut films
2010s American films
2010s English-language films
American comedy films
Films about kidnapping in the United States
Films scored by Anton Sanko