sentences:  The film marked the last feature film appearance of the original Bart the Bear, who became ill in 1998 and died in 2000.Reviews for the film were unanimously negative, claiming the film was nothing more than a poor attempt to revive the goofball duo genre of films, like "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure", "Wayne's World", and "Dumb and Dumber".Areas of the film that drew the most criticism were its two-dimensional characters, overuse of surfer slang, ludicrous plot, and questionable morals.