Review of The Beaver (2011) by Jebus C — 22 Nov 2011
Its entirely ludicrous but if there's one actor who's batshit crazy enough to pull it off; its Mel Gibson. And he is batshit crazy in this. He tries desperately hard to play this as an intense drama, which no other actor would try.
Example; the previous two actors attached to the part before turning it down? Steve Carell and Jim Carrey. Would have been a completely different film. Gibson really only plays one scene for laughs and that's only comedy in the Evil Dead kinda scheme of things.
In that certain audiences wouldn't find it funny. Lots of brave choices especially by up and comers Anton Yelchin & Jennifer Lawrence. This isn't an easy film to be in with all the crazy going on.
This review of The Beaver (2011) was written by Jebus C on 22 Nov 2011.
The Beaver has generally received positive reviews.
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