![]() ![]() But a lot has changed in the nine years since that movie began its campaign for world domination. This self-conscious, self-important film has the machine-tooled, market-tested gloss of an A-list Disney product straining to conquer the world the way ''The Lion King'' did nearly a decade ago. Who knew that 10,000 years ago the word dude was as ubiquitous as it is today? But that language often has a jarring contemporary ring. ![]() 1 nationwide, imagines a semi-Arctic pre-Columbian paradise where all members of the animal kingdom except humans speak the same language. Set among pristine glaciers in a land where the northern lights bloom much of the year, ''Brother Bear,'' which opens today in New York and Los Angeles and Nov. ![]() Most of what passes for amusement comes from the forced, not-so-hilarious banter of two squabbling moose, Tuke (Dave Thomas) and Rutt (Rick Moranis). This opulent movie, with gorgeous rainbow animation, is heavy on message but light on humor. Set in the Pacific Northwest at the end of the Ice Age, ''Brother Bear'' cobbles ancient cross-cultural myths of humans becoming animals into the coming-of-age story of a hotheaded boy, Kenai (voice of Joaquin Phoenix), who must change into a bear to attain the wisdom of manhood. The fine line separating good-hearted family movies from inspirational films that drum in moral values is breached by ''Brother Bear,'' a plush Disney animated movie that would like to think of itself as ''The Lion King Plus.'' ![]()
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