Some nature, some walking, some talking. Some hidden racism (someone had to be eaten by the bear for the adventure), some propaganda on the exceptionalness of the rich man.

"This movie is about a billionaire with a heart of gold, who is misunderstood and preyed upon by the ungrateful greedy non-rich," the scriptwriter says, winks knowingly, and then says it again seriously at the end of the film. In short, this is the polar analog of those awful 70s Cuban communist propaganda films that all the film studies geeks are raving about. It's nauseatingly cliche-ridden and filled with the paranoid delusions of a rich man with a guilty conscience.

If you can forgive it the first thirty minutes and the corny Hollywood pandering, you've got yourself something that's actually quite psychologically intriguing. Anthony Hopkins is pleasingly type-cast as Practical Wisdom Man as always; finally able to test his lofty interpersonal reserves. It has a good message on thinking and psychology (*likes messages sometimes*), but I can certainly understand the poorer scores. --- It's almost certainly more interesting than Gerry.

That bear is badass - but we all know Hannibal Lector is even badder!

Only end of the movie is good but other things are...

This is a really well made, exciting movie. Most of the film revolves around Alec Baldwin and Anthony Hopkins and they are both great in their roles. There are numerous exciting scenes involving a real non-cgi bear. This is a underrated film that I would clearly recommend.

too contrived, but well-executed

The plot seemed predictable, but it was quite a good surprise.

A fantastic thriller with incredible dialogue delivered by two men who truly know how to speak Mamet.