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The golden bruins emblazon the state flag and seal, live on in cartoonish effigy as university mascots, and roll off the tip of our tongue in place names like Grizzly Flats and Big Bear Lake.

And some of the supporting performances are simplistic, with Sparks’ Steve unbelievably hapless as a spiritual guide and Skarsgård’s Ron a cartoonish imagining of blind religious devotion.

Sometimes action scenes are juiced up with cartoonish doodles and sound effects; sometimes, the action is all cartoon.

That the film is shot like a drama prevents their odd-couple clash from getting cartoonish.

Seyfried makes an almost cartoonish expression with her big eyes and expressive mouth, which have been tools for her in everything from “Mean Girls” to “The Dropout.”