The Beaver

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Plot

A troubled husband and executive adopts a beaver hand-puppet as his sole means of communicating.

Release Year: 2011

Rating: 6.8/10 (16,004 voted)

Critic's Score: 60/100

Director:
Jodie Foster

Stars: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin

Storyline
A troubled husband and executive adopts a beaver hand-puppet as his sole means of communicating.

Cast:

Mel Gibson

Walter Black


Cherry Jones

Vice President


Jodie Foster

Meredith Black


Anton Yelchin

Porter Black


Riley Thomas Stewart

Henry Black


Zachary Booth

Jared


Jennifer Lawrence

Norah


Jeff Corbett

Volunteer Dad


Baylen Thomas

Skeptical Man


Sam Breslin Wright

Man


Kelly Coffield Park

Norah's Mom


Michael Rivera

Hector


Kris Arnold

Waiter


Elizabeth Kaledin

Reporter


Matt Lauer

Himself

Taglines:
He's here to save Walter's life.



Details

Official Website:
Summit Entertainment [United States] |

Release Date: 19 May 2011

Filming Locations: 1125 Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA



Box Office Details

Budget: $21,000,000

(estimated)

Opening Weekend: $107,577
(USA)
(8 May 2011)
(22 Screens)

Gross: $970,816
(USA)



Technical Specs

Runtime:



Did You Know?

Trivia:

Before Summit Entertainment settled for a release date in Spring 2011, this film had been shelved due to Mel Gibson allegedly assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva.

Quotes:

[first lines]

Walter Black:
This is a picture of Walter Black, a hopelessly depressed individual. Somewhere inside him is a man who fell in love. Who started a family. Who ran a successful company. That man has gone missing. No matter what he's tried, and he's tried everything, Walter can't seem to bring him back. It's as if he's died, but hasn't had the good sense to take his body with him. So mostly what he does is sleep.



User Review

Broken Man Facing His Demons Works for Gibson

Rating: 8/10


Although it's difficult to watch Mel Gibson now without the backdrop of
alcoholism, abuse, bigotry, rants and disappointment, this role may
actually be the perfect role for him to re-appear on the screen with
sympathy and hope of redemption. He plays this role perfectly and the
viewer is sucked into the emotion and distress of all characters
dealing with their own challenges. It's a beautiful movie with a
powerful message. Some have criticized Jodie Foster's directing, but I
found the film to be very balanced with the right amount of comedy and
tragedy. I loved the camera work and editing, especially with the
Beaver as its own character. I also liked the secondary storyline about
the teenagers. All the performances were very good. I think the entire
movie is very well done, and although I have not changed my personal
opinion of Mel Gibson at all, the movie does make you very sympathetic
towards families dealing with crisis including his own, and as an
actor, he pulls off a very difficult role.