The Beaver is a movie about how people deal with the hard times of life in different ways.
The main character is a father and CEO that is in the middle of a great depression. His family and company are both crumbling down because of it.
This is a topic that is rarely touched in Hollywood and the story raises some deep question. That is the forte of this film. However it doesn't go as deep as it could when answering those question and the third act sounds just too easy and simplistic for such dreadful problems. Moreover, the reactions towards the puppet, while somewhat believable at first, are hard to swallow most of the time.
Despite its lack of boldness in the third act, the movie has some great performances, specially from Mel Gibson (notice how the Beaver mimics Walter Black's every facial expression) as well as from Anton Yelchin. Jodie Foster does only an OK job, mostly due to her lack of screen time.
The movie could've been a classic but it is still way above average and it will still make you think about it long after you've finished watching it. I definitely recommended it.
The main character is a father and CEO that is in the middle of a great depression. His family and company are both crumbling down because of it.
This is a topic that is rarely touched in Hollywood and the story raises some deep question. That is the forte of this film. However it doesn't go as deep as it could when answering those question and the third act sounds just too easy and simplistic for such dreadful problems. Moreover, the reactions towards the puppet, while somewhat believable at first, are hard to swallow most of the time.
Despite its lack of boldness in the third act, the movie has some great performances, specially from Mel Gibson (notice how the Beaver mimics Walter Black's every facial expression) as well as from Anton Yelchin. Jodie Foster does only an OK job, mostly due to her lack of screen time.
The movie could've been a classic but it is still way above average and it will still make you think about it long after you've finished watching it. I definitely recommended it.