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The Beaver is a 2011 English-language drama film directed by Jodie Foster, who also stars alongside Mel Gibson, Anton Yelchin, and Jennifer Lawrence. Kyle Killen wrote the screenplay, and the film was produced by Steve Golin through Summit Entertainment, Anonymous Content, Participant, and Image Nation Abu Dhabi. Filming took place in New York City, and the movie was distributed by Summit Entertainment and Netflix via video on demand. It premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
The film has a runtime of 91 minutes and carries a PG-13 rating. Its tagline is "He's here to save Walter's life." The production budget was $21,000,000, resulting in revenue of $970,816. Critical reception includes a 62% rating, a score of 6.1 out of 10, and a Metascore of 60 out of 100. The film won two awards and received twelve nominations in total.
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6.4Suffering 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.
Cast
- Mel Gibson as Walter Black
- Jodie Foster as Meredith Black
- Anton Yelchin as Porter Black
- Riley Thomas Stewart as Henry Black
- Jennifer Lawrence as Norah
- Kelly Coffield Park as Norah's Mom
Themes
- depression
- puppet
- woman director
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
51,678 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
62%
Metacritic
60/100
- Year
- 2011
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 2 wins & 12 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Participant in
- 2011 Cannes Film Festival
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Jodie Foster
- Screenwriter
- Kyle Killen
- Cast member
- Matt Lauer
- Composer
- Marcelo Zarvos
- Producer
- Steve Golin
- Production company
- Summit Entertainment
- Filming location
- New York City
- Duration
- 91
- FilmAffinity ID
- 619617
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.thebeaver-movie.com
- Image
- Mel Gibson Jodie Foster Cannes 2011.jpg
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- publication date
- 2011-05-19
- title
- The Beaver
- film editor
- Lynzee Klingman
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 60/100
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