Black Bear (2020)

A filmmaker at a creative impasse seeks solace from her tumultuous past at a rural retreat, only to find that the woods summon her inner demons in intense and surprising ways.

Director:

Lawrence Michael Levine

Writer:

Lawrence Michael Levine

Stars:

Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon

1 win & 8 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Aubrey Plaza	...	Allison
Christopher Abbott	...	Gabe
Sarah Gadon	...	Blair
Paola Lázaro	...	Cahya
Grantham Coleman	...	Baako
Lindsay Burdge	...	Maude
Lou Gonzalez	...	Chris
Shannon O'Neill	...	Simone
Alexander Koch	...	Mike (as Alex Koch)
Jennifer Kim	...	Nora
Kevin Barker	...	John the Gaffer
Mary Borrello	...	1st AC
Rob Turbovsky	...	2nd AC
Haitao Zeng	...	PA

Storyline

At a remote lake house in the Adirondack Mountains, a couple entertains an out-of-town guest looking for inspiration in her filmmaking. The group quickly falls into a calculated game of desire, manipulation, and jealousy, unaware of how dangerously convoluted their lives will soon become in the filmmaker's pursuit of a work of art, which blurs the boundaries between autobiography and invention.

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Plot Keywords:

woods | small breasts | bear | man cheating on woman | slim attractive woman | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language throughout, sexual content, drug use and some nudity

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie is loosely based from Lawrence Michael Levine's dreams. He wanted to capture some parts of his dreams into the screenplay.

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Goofs

In the second half of the film, Allison (Aubrey Plaza) is sitting in a chair and casually flashes her panties as she repositions her dress. The panties she's wearing are white. Then later on, when she is coming on to Baako (Grantham Coleman) she takes off the same dress and is now wearing black panties. There was no indication of a wardrobe change between these two scenes.

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Connections

Featured in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Aubrey Plaza/Natalie Palamides/Kaz Rodriguez (2020)

User Reviews

Aiming For More Than It Could Handle

I knew going into this movie that it was going to be allegoric and I honestly love that in a movie when it is like a puzzle that you have to pick apart and find the meaning of like many Charlie Kaufman films. But I honestly just couldn't wrap my head around this. I looked up the meaning after and was like "oh that is sort of cool" but I don't think I would ever got there on my own.

I know it had some good ideas but they just didn't get me to where it wanted me.

Aubrey was great as always. She was the best part for me I guess.

I think I wish the meaning was a little looser and more in the background or even tighter and was more of a clear picture.

It will probably click for some people but it just didn't for me maybe I just want paying enough attention or something but then again I'm not sure because I was mostly confused.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 December 2020 (USA)

Also Known As:

Black Bear

Filming Locations:

Long Lake, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tandem Pictures, Blue Creek Pictures, Oakhurst Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1