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Cocaine Bear (2023)

Cocaine Bear poster
Directed by
Elizabeth Banks
Genre
action film, police film, black comedy film, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
R
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2,467 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A bear ingests a large amount of lost cocaine and goes on a rampage in a Georgia forest. The film follows a group of people including kids, criminals, and law enforcement as they encounter the animal.

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What happens

Cocaine Bear (released as Crazy Bear in some countries) is a 2023 American black comedy horror film directed by Elizabeth Banks and written by Jimmy Warden. It is loosely inspired by the true story of the "Cocaine Bear", an American black bear that ingested several kilograms of a bag containing about 75 lb (34 kg) of lost cocaine. The film stars Keri Russell, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Christian Convery, Alden Ehrenreich, Brooklynn Prince, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Margo Martindale, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Ray Liotta—to whom the film is dedicated, following his death in May 2022. Cocaine Bear was released in the United States on February 24, 2023, by Universal Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed more than $90 million against a production budget of $30–35 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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