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The Beaver

  • 2011
  • PG-13
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
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Mel Gibson in The Beaver (2011)
A troubled husband and executive adopts a beaver hand-puppet as his sole means of communicating.
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A troubled husband and executive adopts a beaver hand-puppet as his sole means of communication.A troubled husband and executive adopts a beaver hand-puppet as his sole means of communication.A troubled husband and executive adopts a beaver hand-puppet as his sole means of communication.

  • Director
    • Jodie Foster
  • Writer
    • Kyle Killen
  • Stars
    • Mel Gibson
    • Jodie Foster
    • Anton Yelchin
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    50K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jodie Foster
    • Writer
      • Kyle Killen
    • Stars
      • Mel Gibson
      • Jodie Foster
      • Anton Yelchin
    • 174User reviews
    • 285Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 12 nominations

    Videos5

    The Beaver: Trailer #1
    Trailer 2:26
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    The Beaver: Prescription Puppet
    Clip 0:57
    Watch The Beaver: Prescription Puppet
    The Beaver: Is This A Joke?
    Clip 0:52
    Watch The Beaver: Is This A Joke?
    The Beaver: You Made This For Me?
    Clip 0:41
    Watch The Beaver: You Made This For Me?
    Jodie Foster: The IMDb Original Interview
    Interview 4:15
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    Photos42

    Jodie Foster in The Beaver (2011)
    Mel Gibson in The Beaver (2011)
    Anton Yelchin and Jennifer Lawrence in The Beaver (2011)
    Jodie Foster and Mel Gibson in The Beaver (2011)
    Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, and Riley Thomas Stewart in The Beaver (2011)
    Mel Gibson and Riley Thomas Stewart in The Beaver (2011)
    Jodie Foster and Mel Gibson in The Beaver (2011)
    Jodie Foster in The Beaver (2011)
    Jodie Foster and Hagen Bogdanski in The Beaver (2011)
    Jodie Foster, Mel Gibson, Hagen Bogdanski, and Dianne Dreyer in The Beaver (2011)
    Jodie Foster and Anton Yelchin at an event for The Beaver (2011)
    Jodie Foster, Mel Gibson, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence, and Riley Thomas Stewart in The Beaver (2011)

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    Mel Gibson
    Mel Gibson
    • Walter Black
    Jodie Foster
    Jodie Foster
    • Meredith Black
    Anton Yelchin
    Anton Yelchin
    • Porter Black
    Cherry Jones
    Cherry Jones
    • Vice President
    Riley Thomas Stewart
    Riley Thomas Stewart
    • Henry Black
    Zachary Booth
    Zachary Booth
    • Jared
    Jennifer Lawrence
    Jennifer Lawrence
    • Norah
    Jeff Corbett
    Jeff Corbett
    • Volunteer Dad
    Baylen Thomas
    Baylen Thomas
    • Skeptical Man
    Sam Breslin Wright
    Sam Breslin Wright
    • Man
    Kelly Coffield Park
    Kelly Coffield Park
    • Norah's Mom
    Michael Rivera
    Michael Rivera
    • Hector
    Kris Arnold
    Kris Arnold
    • Waiter
    Elizabeth Kaledin
    • Reporter
    Matt Lauer
    Matt Lauer
    • Matt Lauer
    Jon Stewart
    Jon Stewart
    • Jon Stewart
    Terry Gross
    • Terry Gross
    Folake Olowofoyeku
    Folake Olowofoyeku
    • Nurse
    • Director
      • Jodie Foster
    • Writer
      • Kyle Killen
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Before Summit Entertainment settled for a release date in Spring 2011, this film had been shelved, due to Mel Gibson allegedly assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva.
    • Goofs
      When Anton Yelchin's character bangs his head into the wall and it goes through the side of the house, that's impossible as shown. The cedar shake siding is not shown as held to the side of the house with anything, whereas in reality is has to be nailed down. The house would have some cladding such as plywood to nail the shakes to, and then a barrier such as asphalt or homewrap, at the very least. It is not possible to make a small hole in the interior wall and push one shake off the outside of the house in the same location.
    • Quotes

      Walter Black: We reach a point where, in order to go on, we have to wipe the slate clean. We start to see ourselves as a box that we're trapped inside and no matter how we try and escape, self help, therapy, drugs, we just sink further and further down. The only way to truly break out of the box is to get rid of it all together... I mean, you built it in the first place. If the people around you are breaking your spirit, who needs them? Your wife who pretends to love you, your son who can't even stand you. I mean, put them out of their misery. Starting over isn't crazy. Crazy is being miserable and walking around half asleep, numb, day after day after day. Crazy is pretending to be happy. Pretending that the way things are is the way they have to be for the rest of your bleeding life. All the potential, hope, all that joy, feeling, all that passion that life has sucked out of you. Reach out, grab a hold of it and snatch it back from that bloodsucking rabble.

    • Crazy credits
      A letter or two from each cast/crew member remains and forms part of the next credit.
    • Connections
      Featured in Trailer Failure: Bieber Meets Beaver (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Kung Fu Underscore
      Composed by Jim Helms

    User reviews174

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    Featured review
    8/10
    Good movie. Great drama. Depression awareness all in one.
    I loved this movie. It found it sad that the timing of his personal implosion over-shadowed the importance and quality of this movie, but I loved it. All of it. Is it an Academy Award Nominee? No, but I'll recommend it to all who ask about it.

    I wish his personal life had not unraveled to such a degree....who would want that for anyone. I wish Hollywood and the press wouldn't have exploited every last second of it, but such is the shallow world of both. I found it particularly fascinating and ironic that he was booted from the cast of The Hangover II because none of the actors wanted to support his woman abusing ways.....and then they brought back Mike Tyson (a wife beater and rapist)for a recurring role. Why would one be surprised by the shallowness of H-town.

    Rent this. Besides the fact that everyone deserves a second chance, it's a good movie.
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    • gringogigante
    • May 12, 2012

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 19, 2011 (Germany)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • United Arab Emirates
    • Official site
      • Vidio (Indonesia)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Hải Ly
    • Filming locations
      • 1125 Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Summit Entertainment
      • Participant
      • Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $21,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $970,816
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $107,577
      • May 8, 2011
    • Gross worldwide
      • $7,294,800
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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