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Yogi Bear

Josh Spiegel: Remember when Tom Cavanagh was the charming and effortless lead of Ed? Remember when Dan Aykroyd was one of the genius comic minds behind Saturday Night Live and Ghostbusters? Remember when Anna Faris was funny in Scary Movie? Remember when Justin Timberlake was sneaky and charismatic in The Social Network? I'd like to spend 90 minutes remembering that instead of watching any more of Yogi Bear. Whoof.

David Mumpower: I am so conflicted by the presence of Tom Cavanagh in this movie. I loved him on Eli Stone, he stole scenes on Scrubs, and the entire run of Ed is my television happy place. On the one hand, I'm thrilled that he's getting work as a lead in a major studio feature. On the other hand, THIS is the movie. That's like being handed a million dollars that been laced with poison. You better spend it fast.

The other issue I'm facing here is that Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law has ruined Yogi Bear for me. Anyone who has seen the episode in question knows that Boo Boo is one twisted grizzly. Anyway, we all know this movies isn't for us. It's for five-year-olds who find animated bears funny and who also like the word Squeakquel. Let's just resign ourselves to that and hope that ten years from now, this movie becomes Cavanagh's "Garfield, maybe."

Kim Hollis: This trailer is every bit as painful as all of the Chipmunks abominations. Those films made me sad for Jason Lee; these have the similar effect, just with Tom Cavanaugh instead. I really liked Yogi Bear when I was a kid and watched the cartoons pretty much daily. With that said, even if I had children, I would never, ever take them to see this. Pretty sure I'm going to be in the minority on that, though.

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