"Boo Boo Runs Wild" is a 21-minute animated short film from 1999, so this one will have its 20th anniversary soon. It was written and directed by Emmy nominee John Kricfalusi and is probably among his most known works. This also has to do with Yogi Bear being a pretty famous character, even if he is not really in the center of it all here as you can already see from the title, even if he and the ranger character get more screen time towards the end. The story here is relatively simple: the title character is sick and tired of humans giving him 1,000 rules and guidelines on how to behave and so he decides to go back to the roots and act like bears always did, careless and wild like the predator he is and not like a human anymore, the way Yogi acts in here. The latter and the ranger try to find a solution to this Boo Boo problem. I personally thought the voice actors did fine, but there are still glaring weaknesses in here. One would be that the runtime is far too long, the material in terms of both quality and quantity is enough for the usual 8 minutes max for cartoons and here we have a truly bloated work. The animation wasn't really to my liking either, but yeah that's at least partially subjective of course. And all in all, the comedy (i.e. the only genre where this film tries to make an impact) was simply not good enough sadly. I found it neither a particularly witty or interesting work, it all feels a bit pointless and all these strange butt comedy references were kinda awkward and felt desperate and try-hard.. It's a thumbs-down from me. Don't watch.
Review of Boo Boo Runs Wild
