My Friend Bernard

Dreadful
Forgettable characters, really confusing and random story line. The animation is lousy. The movie seems to be inspired by 'Harold and the magic crayon' (Sam is a little boy running aound in his PJ-s all the time...)- but while Harold is endearing and artistic, this movie is simply annoying...The 'action' is not engaging to the point that I am writing this review while the movie is still running in the background. This might be a show that could hold the attention of a toddler, but, on the other hand, it contains bits that I would find highly inappropriate for a toddler audience (some quite scary scenes, and questionable moments, like, for instance, the polar bear character killing a bunch of fish by farting into the water through a hole cut out in the ice). I am just not getting it...Please save your money and time, and go with something else for a family movie night.

Great for toddlers
I rented this movie from red box for my 3 year old he cried when we had to return it.I don't know exactly what caught his attention but he watched it over and over.He just loved Bernard.I would probably not suggest for a child over 5 years of age.I seen another review called it slow well for toddlers that is not a bad thing they get more understanding of the movie verses a show like spongebob that is way to fast and they can't even tell you what happened the movie.We will be preordering.

Great for younger kids!
This may not be for older kids, but our 3 and 4 year old boys were belly laughing through the entire movie. It is pretty cute too. The characters don't talk; it's all action with the occasional bit of voice over narration (like Shaun the Sheep, Wallace and Grommet, or similar). Our kids LOVED it!

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