In Brigsby Bear, Kyle Mooney plays grown man-child James, coping with being reunited with his birth family after a lifetime spent in a idyllic bunker with his captor-parents. Having believed that the outside world was inhabitable, his life was spent with the singular obsession with a children’s educational program starring the cuddly (and creepy) creature of the film’s title. Discovering that the program was just one of the lies created by his benevolent captors (played by Mark Hamill and Jane Adams) is just the beginning for James’s adjustment into the real world. It’s not as icky or depressing as it sounds, but it sure is as affected.
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