Jonathan of the Bears
Seen it?1995 | 115 min | Action, Western
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Right up the alley of fans of a good revenge story and anyone who likes wide open spaces and slow-burning standoffs. A revenge story, so expect the pressure to build to a reckoning. Same wavelength as Django or The Revenant. Dust, horses and a showdown waiting to happen.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Moves at a clip, at 1 hr 55 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Italian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Skip it if you prefer quiet, talky stories.
A young boy witnesses his parents' murder. Later, as he grows up, he befriends a bear in the wilderness and the chief of a local Indian tribe, and he stays with the Indians, but makes an enemy of the chief's son. As he enters adulthood he sets out to find the men responsible for his parents' deaths.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 4K people sought it out in the past year, and interest is climbing
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Cast & crew
Directed by Enzo G. Castellari
- Franco NeroJonathan
- John SaxonFred Goodwin
- Floyd 'Red Crow' WestermanChief Tawanka
- David HessMaddock
- Rodrigo ObregónKaspar
- Clive RicheMusician
- Bobby RhodesWilliamson
- Ennio GirolamiGoodwin's Mercenary
- Marie Louise SinclairBrothel Madam
- Boris KhmelnitskyReligious Mercenary