Big Bear (film)

Big Bear is a 2017 American comedy film directed, produced, written and starring Joey Kern, also starring Pablo Schreiber, Adam Brody, Ahna O'Reilly, Tyler Labine and Zachary Knighton.

Big Bear
Promotional release poster
Directed by	Joey Kern
Written by	Joey Kern
Produced by	Brandon Evans Brett Forbes Joey Kern Patrick Rizzotti
Starring	Pablo Schreiber Adam Brody Ahna O'Reilly Tyler Labine Zachary Knighton Joey Kern
Cinematography	Timothy A. Burton
Edited by	Franklin Peterson
Music by	Anton Sanko
Production companies	MTY Productions Fortress Features
Distributed by	Blue Fox Entertainment
Release date	September 22, 2017 (2017-09-22) (U.S.)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3.5 million[citation needed]

Plot

When Joe shows up for his bachelor party that his friends, Eric, Nick and Colin, have thrown for him, he has to tell them that his fiancé, Jess, broke up with him the night before as she's in love with someone else. They encourage him to stay and party anyway to help cheer him up. The next morning after a long night of drinking, Eric shows them that he has kidnapped the guy Jess left Joe for, "Dude". He is tied and bound to a chair in the basement of the cabin they are staying and Joe debates whether to let him go or scare him into leaving Jess.

Cast

• Pablo Schreiber as Dude
• Adam Brody as Eric
• Ahna O'Reilly as Jess
• Toby Huss as Cop
• Tyler Labine as Nick
• Zachary Knighton as Colin
• Joey Kern as Joe
• Patricia Rae as Waitress
• Heidi Heaslet as Susan

Production

The film is Joey Kern's directorial debut, which he also wrote and produced the film with MTY Productions President Brandon Evans, Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti of Fortress Features and Luke Edwards.^[1][2]