1. The Beaver | Rotten Tomatoes
Walter Black (Mel Gibson), the head of a failing toy company, is deeply depressed. His marriage to Meredith (Jodie Foster) is broken and his oldest son, ...
Walter Black (Mel Gibson), the head of a failing toy company, is deeply depressed. His marriage to Meredith (Jodie Foster) is broken and his oldest son, Porter (Anton Yelchin), hates him. When Meredith finally throws him out of the house, Walter begins his final tailspin. Drunk and alone, Walter is about to commit suicide -- but is saved by the voice of the beaver puppet he found in a dumpster. Wearing the puppet on his hand, Walter speaks only through it and tries to get his life on track.
2. The Beaver (Film, 2011) - MovieMeter.nl
"He's here to save Walter's life." Walter Black (Mel Gibson) lijdt aan extreme depressies. Hij slaapt veel, probeert verschillende vormen van zelftherapie ...
Drama / Komedie film geregisseerd door Jodie Foster. Met Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster en Anton Yelchin.
3. Sight & Sound | Film review: The Beaver (2011) - BFI
20 dec 2011 · Suburban America, the present. Walter Black, head of a toy company, is in a deep depression that leads to his moving out of the family home.
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4. Talk to the hand movie review (2011) - Roger Ebert
4 mei 2011 · A man in depression might be able to heal himself by projecting his personality into a hand puppet.
"The Beaver" is almost successful, despite the premise of its screenplay, which I was simply unable to accept. I concede it is possible that a man in
5. The Beaver | Movie Review
22 aug 2011 · An outsider at school, Porter runs a business writing school papers for his peers. He's asked by valedictorian Norah (Jennifer Lawrence) to ...
A Cockney narrator tells us the guy floating on a raft in his pool, his arms spread out like Christ, is Walter Black, a man who has lost touch with hi
6. Cannes 2011 review: The Beaver - The Guardian
17 mei 2011 · A pedantically offbeat dramedy-satire of male menopause, written by Kyle Killen and directed by Jodie Foster.
Can Mel Gibson beaver back into public affection with a puppet in Jodie Foster's offbeat comedy? Not in this rodent of a film, says Peter Bradshaw
7. The Beaver (2011) | FilmTotaal
The Beaver is de derde film die actrice Jodie Foster heeft geregisseerd en gaat dus over Walter Black, een man die in een ernstige depressie zit. Zijn vrouw ...
Drama uit Verenigde Staten. Regie Jodie Foster. The Beaver volgt het leven van de depressieve Walter. Zijn vrouw gooit hem uit huis, waarop hij een handpop in de vorm van een bever neemt. In plaats...
8. The Beaver (2011) - MUBI
Walter, once a successful and happy family man, has hit rock bottom. But, in his darkest hour, he finds a rather unusual savior: a beaver hand-puppet that ...
Walter, once a successful and happy family man, has hit rock bottom. But, in his darkest hour, he finds a rather unusual savior: a beaver hand-puppet that takes over Walter’s life in an attempt to change things for the better.
9. The Beaver | film by Foster [2011] - Britannica
14 sep 2024 · Foster directed and appeared in The Beaver, a drama about a depressed man (played by Mel Gibson) who finds a remedy of sorts in a hand puppet.
Other articles where The Beaver is discussed: Jodie Foster: …Foster directed and appeared in The Beaver, a drama about a depressed man (played by Mel Gibson) who finds a remedy of sorts in a hand puppet. She also helmed the Wall Street thriller Money Monster (2016), about a financial pundit (George Clooney) who is taken hostage. Foster directed episodes…
10. The Beaver (2011) directed by Jodie Foster • Reviews, film + cast
Suffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family.
Suffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family. With his father seemingly going insane, adolescent son Porter pushes for his parents to get a divorce.
