The rash of real-life cases in which women or children were kidnapped and held captive for years has played out on American movie screens as drama (Room), horror (10 Cloverfield Lane), and now cottage cheese.

... little of it makes tonal sense.

Where the film best succeeds is in creating a credible character who has been insulated from the world he now finds himself flung into.

Mark Hamill is both creepy and creative as the bear’s creator.