Movie · Drama · Comedy

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.

2011 · 1h 31m
Director Jodie Foster

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The Beaver

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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.

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Average 6.1
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Fresh 115
Rotten 70

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Studio
Summit
Released
2011
Run Time
1 hr 31 min
Rated
12
Regions of Origin
United States, United Arab Emirates
© 2010 Summit Entertainment, LLC

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC), Polish (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC), Korean , Polish , Portuguese (Brazil) , Portuguese (Portugal) , Spanish (Latin America)

Accessibility

Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.