That's a type of gay sexuality that fascinates many people and yet many others have never tried it. They don't know what they are missing. The point is that you cannot be a cub and a bear at the same time. You have to start as a cub and then you may eventually become a bear, but not sure since a cub is supposed to be moderately hairy and he is supposed to be young in shape and looks. No overweight, no flabby truck tires around the waist, etc. On the other side the bears are supposed to be very hairy, definitely older, though not old, and definitely fleshy and by fleshy I mean a lot of flesh, that may eventually be muscle but not pumped up inflated muscular balloons.So one cannot be a bear just because one wants. One can be a daddy any time after 35 but to be a bear is a little more than just age. To be a cub you have to be young for sure, though you can age as a cub for a while but the part is complex since you are a cub, hence you do not have the initiative, an yet bears, or daddies as for that, like being tickled, or teased by cubs. It is funny provided they remain calm and peaceful, respectful and playful, and in the end cuddle against the stomach of their bears.But the film is a lot more than just that. It shows very well what bear city is during a week end. Bare-chested men of all types, well, bears and cubs of course, a lot of playing around in some dark corners or rooms behind the scene, some if not a lot of alcohol. Music, disco or techno, who cares, just music to make you dance from one foot to the other and rest on your third leg, if you've brought it. But that is the fun of the week end. That's not real life.Real life is not much different from any other situation. You have couples that are closed though not secretive or exclusive if not reclusive. You can have two couples fooling around in the shower side by side, but a foursome is not the norm. In the same way a threesome is fancied by some but it is not the norm and it may end up sour if the third one is an accidental partner or simply someone picked from a bar for no reason whatsoever except to have some fun. If you are not careful then you may have some surprising reaction because this third one might be completely blocked on some kinky ideas, like pissing in the shower.The problem of obesity is real and the choice is simple: surgery if you can afford it, or a little help from your friends who can help you cut on the intake and reduce the fuel in the machine and the coal in the furnace. The choice is yours and your friends'.But then it is all a question of love and respect. Love is love and has no limit, so why not bears and cubs, though I prefer cubs to kids since kids are young goats more than anything else and hence are generally under age or just deliciously crunchy under your teeth. You're not supposed to eat your partner, even if he is a cub. I even think this kind of love, protective on one side and looking for protection on the other side, is quite attractive since the bear who could be a violent brute has to be protective and to take care of his cub with gentleness and finesse.Ah finesse in the world of sex!!! You, cubs and bears, will love that film, and you, all the others, men and women, will love discovering how full of love these men can be, even if they know stress and unemployment like anyone else. And mind you it is not pornographic except if you consider the kiss of a man to another man is pornography. Some do! Fine with them. They end up kissing trees along the road with their roaring cars. They try it once, twice at the most, because sooner or later that kind of kiss is fatal, lethal, deadly. I prefer the kiss of a bear or of a cub. I am not particular about details.Dr Jacques COULARDEAU

I can't believe some of the reviews I read above... This is a C-O-M-E-D-Y so of course you will have stereotypes, because they ARE funny. I think the script is funny, the actors are fantastic, in a simple and cute plot. Just enjoy a simple comedy, don't go looking for the ultimate masterpiece of human drama. For those of you who complain about this "stereotype" film, I am sorry to break it to you but this is very much how it is: muscle bears, far bears, cubs, crazy sex, drugs, fun, fantastic queen bears, older with younger, handsome with ugly, sexy and sexier.Stop the denial.

It's nice to see a movie about Bears. There are not that many out there. The scene stealers were Brian Keane and Stephen Guarino. If the movie was just about them, it would've gotten a ten. They were extremely funny and very cute together. They had the best scenes. I love the shower/threesome scene; that had my husbear and I reeling with laughter. I didn't quite understand the whole attraction with Roger's character. Tyler would've been better off not having anything to do with Roger. Also, it was a little too sickly sweet with Carlos and Michael, but I still liked it. All in all, an extremely enjoyable film. I am looking forward to the sequel.

Cute with the typical amateurish qualities that make gay films of this nature either charming or painful, depending upon your sensibilities. The acting is earnest but decidedly nonprofessional. The only standout is Gregory Gunter, whose character (Michael) is utterly compelling and which Gunter plays with pathos and humor but not self-pity. Gerald McCulloch as Roger is large unwatchable, though it's hard to tell whether it's because his character is such a d***head or because the actor's own ego kept popping through. (If you watch his endless interview after in the DVD highlights, you'll see what I mean.) It's tough to make a film centered around bar culture without making it seem petty, vulgar, soul-crushing, and at least occasionally self-destructive; and it's an open question whether the directors nudged a bit to highlight those aspects or whether they were simply recording cinéma vérité. With all the sweetness that comes through in the struggles of the film's couples (complete with serious and often over-the-top drama), the film's central mystery remains what Tyler (Joe Conti) could possibly see in Roger, a smarmy, shallow, ego-bloated scene queen who not once but half a dozen times snubs Tyler to his face because Tyler isn't bear enough or muscley enough (or something enough) for the superficial, middle-class-white-boys-with-gym-memberships crowd by which Roger judges himself and his actions. Or, to put it another way, you may never understand why Tyler falls for and pursues Roger (to the extent of giving himself a makeover –a move that likely guarantees the doom of any relationship) and you'll certainly find yourself asking whether he has a shred of self-esteem in his body. The fact that Roger isn't what anyone could reasonably call a bear only adds to the confusion. Personally, I'd have gone for a little less Jennifer Anniston-esque comedy and paid a little more attention to the serious and genuinely dramatic (as opposed to simply flamboyant) issues that the film skates over like thin ice before turning safely back to shore: self-esteem issues among big men and the difficulty of cultivating and maintaining a positive body image in a gay "culture" ruled by gym Nazis and diet maniacs; the painful issue that's raised in the Michael-Carlos couple when Michael considers getting lap-band surgery (is he going to wind up so thin that Carlos won't be attracted to him anymore?); the double "coming out" required of non-bears who are attracted to men who are hairy and/or fat and/or older than they are and who face ridicule for their desires; and the uneasy co-existence of working-class bears and their middle- to upper-class counterparts who wear similar drag and occupy the same physical spaces in which "bear culture" is practiced but who, arguably, are essentially antagonists. _Bear City_ seems to intend to be a coup against the slavish cultural propaganda promulgated by so many "gay" indie films, but it's more of a bitch slap than the good hard sock in the jaw that's needed. Still, the film deserves credit for its beau geste and for starting a conversation within a medium that tends to pretend it doesn't understand the question.