Three brothers, Kenai (voiced by Joaquin Phoenix), Denahi (voiced by Jason Raize), and Sitka (voiced by D.B. The film is set in post-ice age in Alaska, where the local tribesmen believe all creatures are created through Spirits, said to appear in the form of an aurora.

Making this as of 2020, the most recent Disney movie to get a direct-to-video sequel. A sequel, Brother Bear 2, was released in 2006.

The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature, but lost to the fellow Disney/ Pixar film, Finding Nemo. Originally titled Bears, it was the third and final Disney animated feature produced primarily by the Feature Animation studio at Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida, as the studio was shut down in March 2004, shortly after the release of this film in favor of computer animated features. It was better than the box office performance of the previous two films, even though it had to compete a bit with Love Actually, the infamous The Cat in the Hat and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. To be human again, Kenai must travel to a mountain where the Northern lights touch the earth, and learn how to see through another's eyes, feel through another's heart and discover the true meaning of brotherhood.ĭespite mixed reviews from critics, the film was warmly-received by audiences and was a box office success, grossing $250 million worldwide on $46 million budget.

He tracks down the bear and kills it, but the Spirits, angered by this needless death, change Kenai into a bear himself as punishment. In the film, an Inuit boy named Kenai pursues a bear in revenge for a battle that he provoked in which his oldest brother, Sitka, is killed.

It is the 44th animated feature in the Disney Animated Canon. Brother Bear 2 Source Brother Bear is a 2003 American animated musical/fantasy/comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures.

Brother bear and brave