Crazy Friends (Open Season 3) (translated)

Movie · 2010 · 15 people

Cody Cameron directed Çılgın Dostlar (Çılgın Dostlar 3 in Turkey; original title Open Season 3), a 2010 American computer-animated comedy made by Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Imageworks. It is the third film in the Open Season series, following the 2006 original and a 2008 sequel. It was released direct-to-video in the United States on January 25, 2011, and reached Turkish cinemas on December 3, 2010. The film runs 72-74 minutes, received negative reviews and grossed $7 million.

In the story, Boog the grizzly bear dreams of spending more time with his best friend and plans a trip, but his closest friend, the mule deer Elliot, chooses his family over him. Disappointed, Boog sets out alone and joins a traveling Russian circus, where he meets Doug, a lazy, untidy circus grizzly who longs to escape to the wild. The two end up switching places, and Elliot and the other forest animals must rescue Boog before the circus goes back to Russia.

David I. Stern wrote the screenplay and Kirk Bodyfelt produced. Ciara Bravo, Karley Scott Collins and Matthew J. Munn are in the voice cast. The film's slogan plays on the word circus.

Director	Cody Cameron
Production company	Sony Pictures Animation

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Can Bartu Arslan Actor · 26 years old Matthew J. Munn Nika Futterman Maddie Taylor Karley Scott Collins Ciara Bravo Dana Snyder Cody Cameron Steve Schirripa Sean Mullen Crispin Glover André Sogliuzzo Danny Mann Harrison Fahn Melissa Sturm

Last reviewed: November 8, 2026

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Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

Talking animals, a circus and a rescue adventure: a colorful animation for young children. Fans of the first two films may be disappointed, though; reviews were negative and viewers found it overshadowed by the earlier ones. The story of a bear hurt that his best friend has other priorities is a simple chance to talk about friendship with kids. Children will enjoy it; grown-ups may not find much in it.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Third installments often reveal not a franchise's strength but its habit of carrying on, and Çılgın Dostlar does not escape that pattern. Going straight to video in the US rather than to cinemas is a clear sign of how its makers saw it. The starting point actually holds promise: Boog being sidelined by his best friend could have been a film about growing up and friendships that change. But the switched-places-and-rescue template, in my view, gets in front of that emotional core. The negative reviews and the sense that it sits in the shadow of the first two films are hardly surprising, then; it is a sequel that keeps little ones busy but adds nothing new to the series.

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It may be a children's animation, but the dilemma at its center is a familiar adult one: Elliot choosing his family over his best friend shows how old friendships change once someone has a family. Boog's hurt is a good opening to explain to children that people's priorities can shift over time. Doug, the circus bear longing to escape to the wild, carries a light critique of keeping animals for show. However deeply the film does or doesn't explore these themes, it gives parents things to talk about with their children afterwards.

These are not reader reviews: they are short editorial takes written from different viewer perspectives with AI assistance. Reader reviews are below.

Crazy Friends (Open Season 3) (translated)

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