A fierce Cocaine Bear debate is raging about whether the comedy-horror movie is good or not

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Fri, 24 Feb 2023 16:27:04 +0000

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Cocaine Bear has roared into theaters but viewers can't agree if the comedy-horror film is worth watching.

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A fierce debate is raging online about whether Cocaine Bear should be considered a good movie or not.

We're only two months into 2023 but, after the unprecedented success of M3GAN
thanks in part to the horror movie going viral online pre-release another new horror movie in Cocaine Bear is cooking up a storm on social media.

What, you've never heard of Cocaine Bear ? Allow us to paint you a picture. Loosely inspired by a true story centered around the infamous, well, 'Cocaine Bear', the Universal Pictures comedy-horror flick tells the 1985 tale of a grizzly bear that ingests a duffel bag of the psychostimulant drug. the
people have spoken and i be cokin. pic.twitter.com/2Mc8MJfAl3 February 23, 2023 See more

In the film adaptation, the 500-pound bear which, in the real world, is affectionately known as Pablo Eskobear (you know, after legendary drug
kingpin Pablo Escobar) goes on a drug-fuelled, bloodlust-style rampage
across north Georgia, killing anyone in its path.

Following the release of its official trailer in December 2022, Cocaine Bear quickly gained traction online, with social media users drumming up support for the B-movie ahead of its theatrical release. However, with the film now out in theaters worldwide, Cocaine Bear has become the talk of the social media town, with millions of people debating whether it's a good movie or
not.

First up is the "it's good!" camp. At the time of writing, Cocaine Bear has
an 83% certified fresh rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes . Even more surreal is its rating among professional critics Cocaine Bear earned a not-too-shabby 72% from 123 reviews. At one point, Cocaine Bear even had the seemingly unattainable 100% review rating on the same website, which is (or was) an utterly mind-blowing feat. Cocaine Bear, you saved Hollywoods ass pic.twitter.com/3Sd65ygVP0 February 23, 2023 See more

In the hours since its public release, Cocaine Bear is proving to be a certifiable hit. Twitter users, such as Edwin De Paz , have uploaded images
of long queues of people waiting to see the movie in theaters. Some,
including George Clark and Beck&Woods , have taken to social media to hail
the film as one of the best flicks of 2023 so far, while others like ReedReads4 jokingly praised M3GAN and Cocaine Bear both of which are owned
by Universal for saving the theater-going experience. Sorry, Tom Cruise and Top Gun: Maverick Steven Spielberg was wrong to say you saved cinema. These two are saving cinema. #M3GAN #CocaineBear pic.twitter.com/GSsZtOSh5P
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It's not all been good news, though. There are plenty of people who just
don't get the appeal of Cocaine Bear , with Twitter users vibewitkeezy and internetmoso asking how such a dumb-looking film could be made in the 21st century. Elsewhere, Alan Zilberman said it was "bad and not in a fun way", while Patrick Vicious wanted Cocaine Bear to be a 'so bad it's good' kind of movie. Unfortunately for Patrick, he didn't think it was. #CocaineBear wasnt bad BUT I WANTED IT TO BE BAD! I WANTED PURE INSANE RIDICULOUSNESS! WHY WAS I DENIED THIS? February 24, 2023 See more

It's unclear how much money Cocaine Bear will actually make. Per Variety ,
the Elizabeth Banks-directed movie made $2 million on opening night. With a reported budget of $20 million, it'll need to sell a lot more tickets to recoup its production and marketing costs.

Still, it doesn't seem like its box office performance will prevent Cocaine Bear from getting a sequel. According to those who have seen the film, a Marvel -style ' Cocaine Bear will return' tagline is shown after the credits have rolled. This could be a way of mocking superhero films and how they're dominating the Hollywood landscape, but we'd like to think that Pablo
Esokbear will be back for more gory misadventures in the future.

Even if it doesn't get a follow-up, Cocaine Bear and M3GAN prove there's
still an audience for experimental, non-superhero films in today's market. When supposedly heavy hitters like Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania have earned less-than-stellar reviews read our Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania review for more it's heartwarming to see movies like Cocaine Bear dominate the moviegoing conversation.

Who knows what the next viral film hit will be? For now, though, Cocaine Bear rules the stage and it's prepared to take a hefty bite out of the
competition while it's in theaters (expect it to come to Peacock ,
Universal's streaming service, sometime soon, too).

For more horror genre-based coverage, read our best horror movies article. Alternatively, see what the best horror movies are on Shudder , the world's leading horror, thriller, and supernatural-centric streaming platform.



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