Brother Bear 1 🎥 2003 Movie Info

Plot Summary

In post-ice age Alaska, the local tribesmen believe all creatures are created through the Great Spirits, who are said to appear in the form of an aurora. A trio of brothers, Sitka, the oldest; Denahi, the middle; and Kenai, the youngest, return to their tribe for Kenai to receive his totem, a necklace in the shape of a different animal, from Tanana, the shaman of the brothers’ tribe. The particular animal it represents symbolizes the trait he must achieve to call himself a man. Unlike Sitka, who gained the eagle of guidance, and Denahi, who gained the wolf of wisdom, Kenai receives the bear of love.

He objects to his totem, stating that bears are thieves and believes his opinion is proven to be a fact when a grizzly bear steals their basket of salmon, which Kenai did not tie properly in a hurry to receive his totem. Kenai searches for the basket and finds it devoured. He sees the bear, provokes it, his brothers find him, but a fight ends on top of a large glacier. When the bear gets the upper hand, Sitka sacrifices himself to save his brothers by dislodging the glacier, although the bear survives the fall. After Sitka’s funeral, a furious Kenai blames the bear for Sitka’s death and rejects his totem.

He hunts down and chases the bear up onto a rocky cliff, fighting and eventually slaying it. The Spirits, represented by Sitka’s spirit in the form of a bald eagle, arrive and transform Kenai into a bear after the dead bear’s body evaporates and joins them. Denahi arrives and falsely believes that Kenai was killed by the bear from earlier. Kenai falls off the cliff and down some rapids, but survives. Denahi vows to avenge Kenai. Kenai awakens as he is healed by Tanana and discovers his transformation.

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