I should have read you first.

What a crock of s#@t. Touchy, feelie, manipulative b.s. Hmmm, how about replacing the suburban, gold-card-carrying-jump-on-the-next-flight white guy with the latino janitor? Maybe a stars & bars redneck with a gun rack in his pick up? Cancer patient kid, swelling strings BG music?…Nice touch. All too easy.
Would we come together like a village and get all weepy if the kid was a pre-teen Paris Hilton type who lost her American Girl doll?
How easily we are led. Any Rand has GOT to be spinning.

Yeah….I want my 13:02 back.

Joe Orlandino | 1 year, 4 months ago
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I agree with you, Defender!

You are accurate “Defender of logic”. Only that there are more than 13 minutes wasted. I want to add: wouldn’t that father spend the time and money better of comfort the kid, be with him and do something worth remembering? Instead of taking a chance? What if he didn’t find it? Double up (sorry down). What’s the meaning with unthankful kid? I agree: stupid movie! The only good thing about it, that it was a man doing that stupid thing (just joking).

PS. I am a woman in NYC :)

Everything is relative | 1 year, 3 months ago
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TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, DOL IS RIGHT ON TARGET

Was it me, or did it seem that EVERY, SINGLE time a half-way decent person would express EXTREME gratitude at the lengths some stranger was offering him, the Father had this sort of detached and/or reticent attitude. Would it have killed him to say, “Hey Guys, Thanks!”? But no. Not with this guy. Detached. And you wonder why the kid hasn’t an inkling of gratitude?!? This film CLEARLY teaches BAD parenting.

Eric Beck | 1 year, 3 months ago
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Thankless

First, I will assume “I am so touched.” posted by Tony is trying to be funny — I like to think this level of naivete does not exist in a mother in the 21st century.

The film is shot well, has good acting, and is visually interesting; however, I have a feeling this was not done to show off the filmmakers skills. There should be some lesson, right? I am a father and this film depressed me — it made me realize that even though I am willing to go to the ends of the earth for my child, at the end of the day it is pretty thankless. The child is not thankful for what the Dad did because the child really doesn’t know. We don’t know what our parents do for us until it is far too late. Perhaps a better story would be a healthy child going on a mission with his father to find the bear and learning some lesson that basically people are pretty good. If you involve your children in the right things at the right times you teach them valuable lessons. This child learned that if something isn’t OK that he has no worries because his Dad will fix it. Unfortunately, that does not last forever and the longer you wait to teach it, the harder it will become to produce a healthy, productive member of society.

WAKE UP | 1 year, 3 months ago
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Another kind of project

This movie, Tony, shows how special we think children are, and how we spoil them. Why not have it be an allegory, a parable, for something more serious at least. Maybe we should be responsible for invading countries instead. White people who have enough money for a flight, to get a toy? Pleaseeeeee, more like the indulgence project.

Tony Reality | 1 year, 3 months ago
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Certainly a well put comment by J Lemmon

J Ohari | 1 year, 3 months ago
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I remember

When my daughter was three, she had a severe allergic reaction to some medication and was rushed to the hospital so fast that my wife called me at work to bring her a toy. Not knowing what to bring, I stopped by a local store that had beanie babies and got her a monkey named Bongo. She carried that monkey everywhere we went. On vacation, she left it in an antique store which we did not notice until we were about half way home. We called the store and turned around to go back. When we got there, they had put Bongo on the counter with his hands on his face like he had been crying. It was cute. To this day she still cherishes Bongo.

I would go to the ends of the earth to make her and my two boys happy.

Dominic jJohnson | 1 year, 2 months ago
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Correctly placed values

Unlike a previous comment, digressing into all the other things you could have focused on; I believe you focused on things that certainly speak to the core of our existence. First, love for one’s child. Second, sacrifice: as seen by the father’s willingness to give up whatever to get that bear, the taxi driver, the police officer, etc. Third, community/teamwork: such a diverse group all coming together for we all can certainly relate to the love for our child especially one who is suffering as his was with what appeared to be cancer. Fourth, hope; the odds were against them finding that bear in 15 minutes in all that trash but they gave it all they could. This video brought out in beautiful yet realistic way characteristics that are found in responsibility. Peace be with you, Jack

Anonymous | 1 year, 2 months ago
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Tony

I really thought that the kid’s attitude to finding the doll SUCKED big time. This kid should have been left alone to continue his life without the doll.What a let-down !!!

Anonymous | 1 year, 2 months ago
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Tony

I liked the movie where everybody jumped in to help the man find the teddy bear. It made me feel like there are angels everywhere.

Anonymous | 1 year, 2 months ago
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