The Beaver (2011)

Directors:

Jodie Foster

Writers:

Kyle Killen

Actors:

Bill Massof, Lorna Guity Pruce, Folake Olowofoyeku, Terry Gross, Jon Stewart, Matt Lauer

Synopsis:

Suffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black (Mel Gibson) begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family. With his father seemingly going insane, adolescent son Porter (Anton Yelchin) pushes for his parents to get a divorce. Jodie Foster directs and co-stars as Walter's wife in this dark comedy that also features Riley Thomas Stewart and Jennifer Lawrence.
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The Beaver (2011)

Interesting, though not as much as I'd hoped. Just sort of shallow weird. Admittedly Gibson is very good but storywise I felt a lot of untapped potential.
MildredFierce
September 16, 2014