The Beaver

He's here to save Walter's life.

A middle-aged family man is suffering from serious depression. He's running the toy business he inherited from his father into the ground. His wife can't take it any more and kicks him out. After failing to commit suicide in a hotel room, he comes around to discover he has a new friend: a beaver hand puppet, which assumes a distinct personality with his voice. As the puppet guides his life back onto the right track, his family lets him move back, but after a while begin to wonder just how sane he is...

91 minutes.
No persons under 13.
Drama, On the art circuit

A table for three, please ...

Credits

Cast	Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, Rile Thomas Stewart, Zachary Booth, Jennifer Lawrence
Director	Jodie Foster
Screenplay	Kyle Killen
Music	Marcelo Zarvos
Cinematography	Hagen Bogdanski
Editing	Lynzee Klingman
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, DTS
Made in	2011
Produced by	Summit Entertainment, Participant Media, Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ, Anonymous Content

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	Infrequent, mild
Nudity	None
Sex	Some references
Violence	Brief, low impact
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Mild use of alchohol
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Associated Press	10
Cape Times David Germain Gibson shines, darkly	10
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert The Beaver is almost successful, despite the premise of its screenplay, which I was simply unable to accept	13
ScreenIt C. Fuchs It's neither an outstanding flick nor a perfect one, but it's a good effort, with solid to strong performances, especially from Gibson.	12
Metacritic.com 40 critics	12
Rottentomatoes critics 155 critics	12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Jodie Foster's visual instincts and Mel Gibson's all-in performance sell this earnest, straightforward movie.	13
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	12
Movie Review Intelligence 48 critics	13
What the People say
Internet 2233 Netizens A very interesting drama	14
Average .. 61%	12