Friday, May 6, 2011

SXSW Review: 'The Beaver' is Full of Honesty, Emotion and Deftness



Jodie Foster's The Beaver Review

For the limited opening of The Beaver this weekend, we are re-posting Jeremy's full review from SXSW.


Walter Black (Mel Gibson's character in The Beaver) has issues. Husband, father, and head of a toy manufacturing company, he suffers from severe depression, so much so, in fact, that he has alienated his family from any real connection. Walter is at the end of his rope, or tie, quite literally when he stumbles upon a stuffed puppet, a beaver, laying in a dumpster. Walter takes the puppet and begins communicating through it to his family and colleagues. He sees the puppet and his voice through it as the only way to ...


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