Yogi Bear is a 2010 American live-action/animated comedy film directed by Eric Brevig and written by Brad Copeland, Joshua Sternin and Jennifer Ventimilia.

Based on the Hanna-Barbera animated television series The Yogi Bear Show,[3] the film stars Anna Faris, Tom Cavanagh, T.J. Miller, Nate Corddry and Andrew Daly, alongside the voices of Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake.

Upon release, the film was met with largely negative reviews from critics and audiences for its writing, humor and lack of originality, though they praised the visual effects, vocal performances, particularly Timberlake's, and faithfulness to the source material.

Head park ranger Smith always finds out about the incidents from his co-ranger Jones and is annoyed that Yogi refuses to act like a regular bear.

Brown plots with his Chief of Staff to raise money for the town budget and his upcoming gubernatorial campaign by shutting down Jellystone and opening the land to logging.

On the day that Brown is planning a press conference to begin the destruction of the park, Smith, Rachel, and the bears rescue the turtle and try to bring it to the media's attention.

Brown has his guards steal the turtle and informs the group that he will break the law in order to achieve his goals and expresses confidence that if Ranger Smith tells the world about his crimes, that no one will believe him.

While Yogi and Boo-Boo distract the security guards, Ranger Smith hooks up the camera to the jumbotron Brown is using for his press conference and shows the video, causing the crowd to turn against him.

"[15] Justin Timberlake came on to the film with a prepared Boo-Boo Bear voice; when he was learning to sing when he was younger, he imitated various cartoon characters.

The film was originally scheduled for release on June 25, 2010, but was pushed back to December 17, 2010 in order to avoid competition with Grown Ups.

[3] In theaters, the film was accompanied by an animated Looney Tunes short titled Rabid Rider, starring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner.

[17][18] The parody was done by Edmund Earle, a 25-year-old Rhode Island School of Design graduate, who made the video in three months using only the trailers and promotional material as references.

The site's critical consensus reads, "Yogi Bear's 3D effects and all-star voice cast are cold comfort for its aggressively mediocre screenplay.

But we learned long ago that kids movies can operate on more than one level, and that's not something that director Eric Brevig (Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D) or his screenwriters are interested in.