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By Jennifer Green
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Surprisingly sweet adventure has lots of language, peril.
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Ranveer vs. Wild with Bear Grylls
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What's the Story?
In RANVEER VS. WILD WITH BEAR GRYLLS, adventurer Grylls drops from a helicopter into the Serbian mountains to help Indian superstar Ranveer Singh find a rare flower. The pair have 36 hours to traverse a jungle and scale mountains to pluck the rare blossom for Singh's beloved wife. They'll encounter bears, wolves, snakes, and more on their adventure, and viewers have the chance to help them make some crucial (and other more lighthearted) decisions along the way. Ranveer's good friend Karan Kapadia also joins them overnight.
Is It Any Good?
A Bear Grylls adventure might be the last place you expect to see men bonding over the value of true love, religious faith, work-life balance, and vulnerability, but this one has it. The addition of preternaturally charming Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh to Ranveer vs. Wild with Bear Grylls alters the formula to its core, so much so that Grylls doesn't always look comfortable in his own creation. He's in charge when the usual icky creatures, threatening beasts, poop piles, nauseating snacks, and death-defying challenges arise, but his Indian companion leads the campfire chats about feelings, the nighttime cuddles, and the cliff-side prayers to the god of courage.
Singh repeatedly describes his journey as an inner one. Of course, he puts his meticulously sculpted muscles to use, and the script (and Grylls) poke fun at both his vanity and his heartthrob status. And while every Bear Grylls adventure into the "wild" requires some suspension of disbelief, this one feels more fabricated than others. That shouldn't matter much to Singh's devotees nor to Grylls' younger adventure fans, who can spend a lot more than 70 minutes with this film if they want to explore all of its interactive options. The movie could also serve to introduce these two disparate fan groups to each other's idols.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about how Ranveer vs. Wild with Bear Grylls is different from and similar to other Grylls adventures. Do you like the changes?
What are some of the survival skills Grylls teaches Singh in the wild? Why would these be important to know?
How do Grylls and Singh demonstrate courage? Did you believe they were in any actual jeopardy during the making of this movie? Why, or why not?
Movie Details
- On DVD or streaming : July 8, 2022
- Cast : Bear Grylls , Ranveer Singh , Karan Kapadia
- Director : James Turner
- Studio : Netflix
- Genre : Action/Adventure
- Topics : Adventures , Friendship , STEM , Animals ( Wild Animals )
- Character Strengths : Courage
- Run time : 70 minutes
- MPAA rating :
- Last updated : September 29, 2025
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