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Gentle Ben (2002)
Director: David S. Cass Sr.
Cast: Dean Cain, Corbin Bernsen, William Katt, Martin Kove
Runtime100 min
RatingNR
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When Mark goes for a visit with his uncle he's thrown into a world he knows not much about. Little does he know it'll be a world he's going to have to become very familiar with. One character Mark becomes very familiar and friendly with is a very tame black bear who he later names Ben
Critical Reception & Ratings
Gentle Ben (2002), a made-for-TV drama film directed by David S. Cass Sr., received a mixed critical reception but was well-received by audiences. While the film has not won any major awards, it has an IMDb rating of 6.2 out of 10, indicating a positive response from viewers.
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Fans of heartwarming family dramas will appreciate this 2002 TV movie directed by David S. Cass Sr., which features a standout performance by Dean Cain as a young boy who forms a close bond with a gentle black bear named Ben.
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Gentle Ben is a bear character created by author Walt Morey and first introduced in a 1965 children's novel, Gentle Ben. The original novel told the story of the friendship between a large male bear named Ben and a boy named Mark. The story provided the basis for the 1967 film Gentle Giant, the popular late 1960s U.S. television series Gentle Ben, a 1980s animated cartoon and two early 2000s made-for-TV movies.
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