The Beaver is a concept that will grab you with curiosity, enlightenment and sorrow. It's an idea that we've seen before but not in this manner. Putting a puppet on the lead actor's hand usually isn't a course of action a write is willing to take, but this writer did. It has the ability to hold your interests at the weirdest moments making you want more.
It's slow start with a big gulp of depression which leads you to think "When is this guy going to pull the trigger?" only giving you a puppet and an English accent. WTF mate? We first become skeptical about the beaver character but learn there is a crucial point to this character. The other character's are all very well written, all providing great tools for the main character while maintaining a dynamic position throughout the film. The main characters youngest son has an odd edge to the film; he explosively indulges in wood crafting. He does it religiously; just from a little story his dad (the main character) tells him about a go cart named The Terd. Funny, but I think they didn't know what to do with the son so they just made him into a wood junkie.
The beaver character takes the lead strong, the man only talking as if the beaver is talking, not his own voice. The wife had a caring and understanding personality towards the main character and the beaver while the older son wanted nothing to deal with the beaver or his dad. The beaver goes to great lengths to turn around the protagonists life and succeeds.
The family goes back and forth not knowing if their husband/father is insane, which they do so he does spend some time in an insane asylum only because he was tired of the beaver and wanted to take it off, but couldn't SO he ---------- ( watch the movie ) -----. In there he's all better, comes out, mommy likes him, older son likes him, young son ( still chopping away) always loved him and the screen fades out.
The Beaver is an interesting film which will grab the viewer with curiosity and a taste of sympathy, maybe more like empathy being that there's a puppet involved... Go see it,feats your eyes on a British Puppet yap about cool and inspiring stuff. Hey, you might find yourself going into work one day with a puppet strapped to your hand telling your boss that he's a butt licker, only to find out it only works in the movies.
The Louie Bee
