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The Bear

Created by Christopher Storer · 2022–present ·

Answer Summary: Is The Bear worth watching?

The Bear (2022–present) earns a 85% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended overall. Created by Christopher Storer; stream on Disney+, Hulu, fuboTV, YouTube TV.

Quick Verdict: What is the Celluloid Score for The Bear?

Calculated from four inputs (Celluloid editorial, Metascore, IMDb and TMDB fan rating). Audience sentiment is shown separately. See how we calculate scores.

85%
Celluloid Score Recommended

Four-input score + separate audience snapshot

93/100Editorial Rating
80%Audience · excluded
83Metascore
8.5IMDb /10
78%Fan Score
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Seasons
4 · 38 episodes
Network
Hulu
Streaming
Disney+, Hulu, fuboTV, YouTube TV
Cast
Jeremy Allen White, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri, Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas
Country
United States
Language
English

Where to watch The Bear

The Bear is available on Disney+, Hulu, fuboTV, YouTube TV — regional notes: Disney+, Hulu, fuboTV, YouTube TV in the United States; Disney+ in the United Kingdom; Disney+ in Indonesia. Catalog platform tag: Hulu.

Where to watch The Bear by country

Country Streaming on
India Disney+ Hotstar, Vi Movies & TV
Indonesia Disney+
Japan Disney+
Malaysia Disney+
South Korea Disney+
Thailand Disney+
Turkey Disney+
United Kingdom Disney+
United States Disney+, Hulu, fuboTV, YouTube TV

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Is The Bear worth watching?

Yes — The Bear earns a 85% Celluloid Score. Recommended, created by Christopher Storer and streaming on Disney+, Hulu, fuboTV, YouTube TV.

Celluloid Verdict

A pressure-cooker of a series that turns restaurant work into raw, kinetic drama — anchored by career-best performances and some of the most formally daring episodes on television, even as later seasons divide on pacing.

Celluloid editorial verdict

What is The Bear about?

A young fine-dining chef returns to Chicago to run his late brother's chaotic sandwich shop, wrestling with grief, debt and a volatile kitchen brigade as he tries to turn a failing joint into something worthy of his talent — and to keep a found family from tearing itself apart.

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Critic Reviews

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The Bear Review: The Kitchen as Pressure Chamber, the Edit as Panic Attack

The Bear turns a failing Chicago sandwich shop into a study of grief conducted at the speed of a dinner rush, its clattering montage and locked-off close-ups making anxiety itself the show's true subject.

A ferociously well-made drama that channels grief through craft — occasionally self-indulgent in later seasons, but at its best there is nothing sharper on television.

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Yes — The Bear scores 84% on Celluloid. A pressure-cooker of a series that turns restaurant work into raw, kinetic drama — anchored by career-best performances and some of the most formally daring episodes on television, even as later seasons divide on pacing. Stream on Disney+, Hulu, fuboTV.