2011 · drama · coming-of-age
The Beaver
Directed by Jodie Foster1h 31m2011
Suffering 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.
Our read: The Beaver (2011) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · coming-of-age entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, gentle drama / coming-of-age, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- intimate
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