Ole Holgersen 326 films 7,922 186 Edit, Doesn't the title of the list explain it well enough? Synopsis Sometimes family is the best medicine. 1 videodisc (approximately 88 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. LEARN MORE → Infinitely Polar Bear. He was able to convey it with such subtlety at times that it was almost like I was peering into a real family’s life. Now nearly extinct, polar bears once roamed Icelandic regions and the arctic. This did not connect with me at all. Audience: OFRB: 14A.

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More details at This is a list of hight quality "short" films. Mark Ruffalo's performance was absolutely incredible. Wanting to give her girls a better life, Maggie decides…. Phobia: #BNphobia This is one of those flawed, but feel-good movies that I absolutely adore, owed largely to its irresistible charm and delightful story. 2. There’s something incredibly endearing about Infinitely Polar Bear’s unostentatious simplicity. films directed by women, in chronological order. An extremely light and not very original film that is completely elevated by an absolutely mesmerizing performance by Mark Ruffalo in the lead role. He tells Maggie, “I jumped in the Charles River.” Suicide attempt?

The daughters are great in supporting turns as well. Maggie (Zoe Saldana) is left on her own trying to raise her two young daughters with very low income. I think I built my expectations up too high for this movie. After seeking help, he must put his life back together which will see him take care of the girls, which sees him getting back into a routine he can handle. Characters – Cam is a bi-polar sufferer, when he is functional he is a brilliant man, but the pressure of his career brings out the depressive side of his nature, seeing hard to keep down a job and seeing his wife need to move his girls away from him during his darkest days. Credits: Park Pictures (Firm), production company. Infinitely Polar Bear Content 2. Cam’s mental illness serves as the dramatic impetus for the film; after warm introductory narration from older daughter, Amelia (Imogene Wolodarsky, daughter of writer/director Maya Forbes), we’re deposited into the middle of his latest breakdown in the summer of 1978 – involving a jaunt in the woods, a….

Home About Films Our Team News Contact . #AACAPAM20 Final Thoughts – This is a brilliant look at how mental health works with a family that didn’t fully understand the difficulties behind it, we get to see just how this family found a way to get through the toughest days in the 70s where Mark Ruffalo shines. Here, meanwhile, is a screenplay full of undigested anecdotes that lurches from moment to moment like a drunken sailor, some truly bizarre camera choices (that arbitrary zoom! A manic-depressive mess of a father tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task any easier.

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The film centers on a mentally unstable father who takes over responsibility for his two daughters while his wife attends a graduate school. Zoe Saldana is wonderful too, giving the balance to show how difficult, but how much love can come from somebody that just wants to be there for somebody. Amelia: “Mommy says you have a drinking problem. I love his dynamics with his character's two daughters—and even the wife (or was it ex-wife?). Infinitely Polar Bear. Like a 3.8/5. Half the people they knew were going bananas...” (0:00), Amelia’s father Cam tells her mother Maggie, “I’m not manic.” (0:02), Cam explains his weight gain to his daughters, “That’s the medication they put me on.” (0:05), Cam’s daughter Faith: “I hate visiting him at the halfway house.” Maya Forbes did a fine job in her first directorial effort.

Paper Street Films is a New York City-based film production and finance company that has established itself as one of the preeminent players in the independent film space. Credits: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher. Nobody does completely lovable with a mental illness like Mark Ruffalo. Paper Street Films (Firm), production company. The movie is just ok. Cast; Crew; Details ; Genres; Cast. This film, however, seems to do bipolar syndrome justice. My goodness, he was…. One of the worst performances of my…, Just a list of some pretty cool movie posters on the LB database.

Paper Street Films (Firm), production company. Infinitely Polar Bear is a 2014 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Maya Forbes, and starring Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Imogene Wolodarsky, and Ashley Aufderheide. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. 8714 shares Amelia and Faith are the daughters of the couple, they both struggle to completely understand what their father is going through as they are being raised in a way, they don’t see their friends growing up in. A manic-depressive mess of a father tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task any easier. Infinitely Polar Bear really isn't my kind of movie to begin with, so just know that - going in - there wasn't that big a chance that I'd like this much. Vegan alert:Some non-vegan foods were referenced. English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). That Moment That Annoyed Me – It doesn’t show much of the actual treatment. Both the two child stars are great fun, giving us the genuine performance that you could see from youngster in the 1970s. Overall: Brilliant look at mental health. Originally released as a motion picture in 2014. This hit incredibly close to home as someone who struggles themselves with the disorder. Reflecting on it, the film was about as engaging as I expected it to be, which is only mildly so.

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Very sweet film. Term: #BHCTOD, 10/12-24 AACAP Some of the dramatic elements felt forced, but despite this Ruffalo (in particular) and Saldana deliver performances that keep this little film watchable as well as enjoyable. Wow... Might lower this score later. Uniform title: Container of (expression): Infinitely polar bear (Motion picture). That actually sounds charming! It's also pretty touching, funny, and moves along at a really good pace. Performers: Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Imogene Wolodarsky, Wallace Wolodarsky, Keir Dullea. Mobile site. Check out the official top 100 narrative feature films by women directors list, Tobias Andersen 8,323 films 16,375 756 Edit, Rules: Generate a number (from 1 to x) via: www.random.org, See how many number of films there are in the…, Movie Maestro 3,619 films 15,772 234 Edit, [after his parents have left, thinking he is ill] "They bought it. , 1 videodisc (approximately 88 minutes) : Video recordings for people with visual disabilities. Are you ready…, dana danger 6,593 films 2,790 77 Edit. Amelia’s father Cam tells her mother Maggie, “I’m not manic.” (0:02). Performances – Mark Ruffalo is brilliant in the leading role, he shows how difficult like can be for a depressed to process each day, proving once again that he is one of the best actors around today. Made by fans in Auckland, New Zealand. Infinitely Polar Bear is infinitely boring. The film premiered in competition at the 30th Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2014. No me queda claro quien aprende más, si las hijas o el padre. 2014 Directed by Maya Forbes. Instead (slight spoiler) the dad sometimes goes out to bars leaving the kids at home. Infinitely Polar Bear’s impossibly twee title is paraphrased from Faith Stuart’s (Ashley Aufderheide’s) description of her father, Cam (Mark Ruffalo), as “totally polar bear” – meaning bi-polar, or manic-depressive. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. If that doesn't make you flee, then this film is more for you then it is for me. © Letterboxd Limited. When Cam gets out of the home, Maggie has been struggling to make ends meet, which sees her needing to move from Boston to New York to study, the only thing is Cam must look after the children, working on his ability to get back into a routine, can Cam handle this responsibility for his family or not? I won't spoil the ending, but it was a letdown. Lot of thoughts but this film made me feel more at peace, while also making me cry numerous times, which is not an easy goal. Thoughts on Infinitely Polar Bear. View Blog, ABC Film Challenge – Horror – V – Vanishing on 7th Street (2010) Movie Review, ABC Film Challenge – Horror – V – Dead End (2016) Movie Review, Max Winslow and the House of Secrets (2019) Movie Review. Film data from TMDb. "Infinitely Polar Bear" is pretty repetitive, starts off a little rocky, and probably could have been 10-15 minutes longer, but it's still a really funny, very heartfelt, and at times heartbreaking portrayal of a dad with Bi-Polar disorder. I figured it has an interesting subject matter - a bipolar man trying to care for his two daughters, and it has one of my favorite actors (favorite might be too strong of a word, but certainly one of the most likeable actors), Mark Ruffalo. This list is for scripts or source material written or co-written by women. This review may contain spoilers. The story concerns a manic-depressive father (Mark Ruffalo) trying to take care of his kids and himself while his wife (Zoe Saldana) lives in New York, trying to earn a master's degree in the hopes that she can secure a high-paying job and support her relatively poor family. Or it certainly seemed that way to me. Formed into the shape of a polar bear on all fours, this 3D paper decoration can be situated upon a shelf, nightstand, end table or desktop. Director of photography, Bobby Bukowski ; editor, Michael R. Miller ; music, Theodore Shapiro. Park Pictures (Firm), production company. Faith (Ashley Aufderheide) and Amelia (Imogene Wolodarsky) are very spirited and loud spoken girls who want their parents to be reunited once again.

Infinitely Polar Bear is a lovely film but one that certainly lends itself to a somewhat polarising opinion on the handling of the subject matter here. Amelia: “My father was diagnosed manic-depressive in 1967... On their first date he took her on a driving tour of New England and told her all about his nervous breakdowns...She said it was a crazy time. Infinitely Polar Bear isn't as funny as it should have been, nor is the story told as tight as it could have been. The title is because one of the girls, despite speaking precociously through the entire film, says her dad has "polar bear" instead of "bipolar". French. Either it is used as a plot device to create a villain, or dramatised way too much for people to empathise with them. Mark Ruffalo aka The Hulk plays a manic depressive character who coincidentally likes to wear green-colored clothes !!!! Goering has two but very small. Container of (expression): Infinitely polar bear (Motion picture). Constructed on familiar indie tropes – a hand-made, whimsical aesthetic, a period setting, a family unit defined equally by conflict and closeness – the film sidesteps cliché to conjure an utterly charming experience. (1:11), Cam takes his lithium. Container of (work): Infinitely polar bear (Motion picture). always in progress. Incredible! Our Films . Whether it’s a living room, kid’s room, shop window, office, event, company booth or a cafe, add one of our stunning designs and watch your space transform. Mark Ruffalo is outstanding here, balancing the tough act of playing an unhinged individual with nuance and complexity.