CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Eric Stevenson This movie's score has gone up a lot since the last time I checked, but I still think it's crap. I was willing to at least give credit for the original for having a coherent story and trying to show off some of the Care Bears mythology. What I hate is that none of this even makes sense with the original movie. I mean, it has the word "II" in its name yet it's no direct continuation of the original! We already saw the Care Bear Cousins origins and this completely changes that! In a movie that's intended to be a direct sequel, I would think you'd at least know what the original movie was about.There are too many songs to list in this movie and most of them are just plain stupid. It's so obnoxious. There's a character that's supposed to be a horse, but it's literally nothing but a bear design with long ears! I'd rather watch "My Little Pony" over this. I of course mean the original series and not the awesome new one, as I'd watch that one over anything. At the end, the villain Darkheart realizes he cares and that turns him into a real boy. What? When did anything in this story imply his mission was to become a real boy?Apparently, time moves differently as the Care Bear Cousins grow up instantly. Then again, it actually is implied time has passed back on Earth. So why are the kids the same age? At the end when the kids are waving them goodbye, they even give Darkheart the wrong character design for a moment! I knew that Christy would use her marbles to save the day. I knew really everything that would happen. This is the worst movie so far for Nostalgia Critic Month but sadly it's going to get much worse with 1987. I don't know why shattering the crystals would free the Bears either. *

The_Film_Cricket The title identifies this movie as not only a sequel but 'A New Generation'. I don't see the need because I would be willing to bet that the characters in the first film were as indistinguishable as they are in this one. The Care Bears are based on a huge line of furry teddy bears with little hearts on their stomachs. They all have names like Trueheart Bear, Nobleheart Bear; Swiftheart Bear then there is Playful Heart Monkey and Bright Heart Raccoon (Where is Closing Credits Bear when you need him?). The Ninja Turtles are no less annoying but at least I can tell them apart.The story seems lifted out of a coloring book. A demon named Dark Heart visits two last-place children at a summer camp and offers them a deal: Kidnap the Care Bears and he will make them both Camp Champs. In other words: The Devil descends upon two kids and offers them good fortune in return for the CB's mortal souls (The movie doesn't say that but I got the idea).Meanwhile somewhere in the Kingdom of Caring the Care Bears fight back with their little caring patches on their stomachs and shoot colored beams that make a happiness rainbow. Then when things turn their darkest the characters (and I wish I were making this up) turn to the camera and ask the audience to start caring, caring, caring hard! I like the apathetic Grumpy Bear, at least he and I had one thing in common.Sometimes I sit through a movie and declare that I want to see it as part of my life experience. I had to see this one just to see if I could sit all the way through it. I did and I was not the best for wear afterwards. This movie is so sugary sweet that even my dentist was surprised to report no cavities.The animation? It lies somewhere between a cereal commercial and PSA for Arbor Day. This was the 80s when toy merchandise tie-ins had become uncomfortably common. Those days are gone but the relics like this remain.

Growlyted Origins of the Care Bears & their Cousins. If you saw the original film you'll notice a discrepancy. The Cousins are raised with the Care Bears, rather than meeting them later. However I have no problems with that, preferring to treat the films as separate interpretations. The babies are adorable and it's fun watching them play and grow. My favourite is Swift Heart Rabbit. The villain is a delightfully menacing shapeshifter. I could empathise with the three children since I was never good at sports either. Cree Summer is excellent as Christy. The songs are sweet and memorable. If you have an open heart, love the toys or enjoyed the original, this is not to be missed. 9/10

ShancyShance In an era of such awful cartoons, I am rather in shock to see a movie with such good morals make it to the IMDB Bottom List for Animated movies. This movie does contradict the first. I won't deny that. However, when I was in the target age group for this movie, I didn't even notice, nor would it have mattered if I did. The people who made it may have used "New Generation" to note that this is another way the Care Bear Family could have began. Perhaps we are meant to decide for ourselves how the Care Bear family truly began.This was my favorite movie at age 3-6, and it did not scare me or confuse me at all.