The Beaver (2011) 7/10

Starring : Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence
Director : Jodie Foster
Running Time : 91 mins

Clinically depressed and suicidal Walter Beck (Gibson) finds a toy beaver in a dumpster and decides to adopt it as a tool through which he can communicate with his family and staff, telling everyone that it is part of his therapist’s treatment. Thanks to the beaver, Walter soon starts to find his life going back to the way it used to be, but at the risk of allowing the beaver to take over his personality.

I liked that it showed quite clearly how the father and son were so similar in their personality traits, but it felt a bit weird that Jodie Foster was so accepting for the most part of the puppet. Gibson’s accent as the beaver is odd – sometimes Michael Caine, sometimes Ray Winstone, but often Australian, which I suppose is Gibson’s real accent. Despite the terrible premise and ridiculous accents, this wasn’t that bad, and it does come together quite well at the end when he dispenses of the beaver once and for all.

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