"What are we looking at?"
"I don't know."
With new film versions of old TV and film properties, it is always interesting to see whether they have been updated or stay true to the original version, and this new mix of CG animals and live action certainly retains the childish charm of the old cartoon series. This is a very bland and innocuous film designed to appeal to the broadest audience possible, but its innocence also gives it naive charm. The CG creations of Yogi and BooBoo are terrific, and they are integrated into the spectacular 3D live-action scenery of 'Jellystone Park' to great effect. Dan Aykroyd (as Yogi) and Justin Timberlake (BooBoo) do great voice work and create an engaging relationship, and the film grinds to a halt every time they are not on screen. The human characters are barely written, with Tom Cavanagh and T.J. Miller as Rangers Smith and Jones giving very soft performances, and the usually-reliable Anna Faris hardly registers as Smith's love-interest. Yogi Bear is nicely put together and raises the occasional smile, but it is very much a film for the little ones.
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