- Release Date: 2002
- Runtime: 80 min
- Genre: Comedy
- Starring: John Michael Higgins, Ming-Na, Henry Gibson, David Rasche ... see all
- Director: Harry Shearer
- Plot: Teddy Bears' Picnic is a 2002 film directed and written by Harry Shearer. It was released in May, 2002 to limited audiences. Shearer has a small role. The plot of... Read more
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TV Guide Entertainment Network,
At first, it's hard to know what to call actor-writer-director Harry Shearer's bizarre film:....The generally talented cast, which includes Fred Willard, Howard Hesseman, George Wendt and Ming Na (as a tabloid news reporter) are wasted..... ... Full Review
Film Journal International
No, Teddy Bears' Picnic is not all bad.
Teddy Bears' Picnic also scores favorably for having brought together some exceptionally fine--and often underemployed--comic actors.
TEDDY BEARS' PICNIC Rated:NR For movie details, please click here .
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Blunt Review with Emily Blunt
Harry Shearer, who wrote and directed this study in film-de-poo, may be a great comedy writer in short lengths, who knows.......And even more of them suddenly switch their generic personality type mid film..... ... Full Review
Variety
But despite its intelligence and a great, funny concept for a movie, this "Picnic" never gets past the appetizers;....Written and directed by the indefatigable Harry Shearer, pic is such a rapid-fire current-events assault --.... ... Full Review
Reel.com
A scattershot and pointless satire, the movie proves you don't need a Towering Inferno or the Titanic to create a disaster.
Sadly, his new film, Teddy Bears' Picnic, amply illustrates that Shearer has apparently learned nothing.
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News
Teddy Bears' Picnic
mtv.com –
2002-04-05
Actor and comedian Harry Shearer makes his directorial debut with this mock documentary about the slightly sordid pastimes of some of America's wealthiest and most powerful men. ... Full Article
They're the richest, the whitest, the most powerful men in the world, and once a year they gather at Zambesi Glen in Northern California to cut loose and plan their continued domination of the planet. ... Full Article



