The Little Polar Bear

The Little Polar Bear (German: Der Kleine Eisbär) is a 2001 German animated family film released by Warner Bros. It is based on the popular children's books by Hans de Beer.

Plot
Lars, a polar bear cub meets a friendly seal named Robby. Together, they discover that all the fish in the sea have gone so they go on a big adventure to find out the hidden secrets of the human world.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Lars is a very likeable character along with his friend Robby.
 * 2) The animation is very fluid and smooth to look at, especially in the scenes set underwater.
 * 3) No Angels' cover of There Must Be An Angel by Eurythmics which plays at the end of the film is very catchy.
 * 4) It is faithful to the source material, keeping all the charm that the original books have.
 * 5) *Speaking of which, Lena the Arctic hare and Peeps the snow goose are also in this movie, helping Lars with his mistakes.
 * 6) Excellent voice acting, especially from Wesley Singerman who voiced Lars.
 * 7) The comic relief characters, Caruso the singing penguin and the lemmings put on a very funny show.
 * 8) It shows great depth into the dangers of the human world.
 * 9) Lars' father is very caring for his son.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) It is never explained how the Black Mouth operates or who made the Black Mouth.
 * 2) Some of the polar bears can be mean-spirited to both Lars and Robby.
 * 3) The line "Come back, stupid ice flow!" can sometimes be misheard as "Come back, stupid ass fool!"

Reception
The film gained mixed to positive reviews. It currently holds scores of 5.9/10 on IMDB, 68% on Rotten Tomatoes and 4.3/5 on Amazon.

Trivia

 * This film spawned several direct to video films and one theatrical sequel, The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island.
 * Rothkirch Cartoon Film, the film's animation studio also worked on a film adaptation of mh:greatestmovies:Laura's Star.