Rotten
It's a bummer of a movie -- dark and at cross-purposes with both itself and any image do-over [Gibson] might be seeking.
Leah Rozen, TheWrap
Overview
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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61%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Beyond the initial idea, this is kid gloves filmmaking, when what we need is a bit more of the gloves-off stuff.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Fresh
The acting throughout -- Foster, Lawrence, Yelchin -- is superb, and this may well be Gibson's finest performance, just as it's Foster's most balanced job of directing.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
The film is amusing, then melancholy, then weirdly funny, then not. It's a quiet, measured work.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Fresh
With The Beaver, Gibson shows that for all his personal turmoil, he still may have a career in the twilight years.
David Germain, Associated Press
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