Its hardly surprising to learn that this is the biggest-grossing film ever in France, as for once here's a film which genuinely lives up to the epithet 'breathtaking'.

...a simply told but visually and emotionally spectacular all-ages drama.

This is not a cute fantasy in which bears ride tricycles and play house. It is about life in the wild, and it does an impressive job of seeming to show wild bears in their natural habitat.

Darkly funny Chicago restaurant show demands to be devoured.