THE ADVENTURES OF THE WILDERNESS FAMILY is a Disney-style outdoor adventure type movie about a suburban family who tire of the daily rat race and move into the wilderness. There, they befriend an eccentric old hobo (played by cult star George 'Buck' Flower) and a greedy bear and have many adventures with the local wildlife, not least a violent grizzly with murder in mind. This is a lighthearted and feel-good production made in the mould of THE WALTONS or LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, although it has a little too much of the real-life animal violence (in particular, bear baiting) for me to enjoy it. On the plus side, if you can ignore the twee side and all of the sentiment, photography of the scenery is often stunning and the plot is relatively involving.
