New Trailer: Mel Gibson in "The Beaver"

Two-time Academy Award winner Jodie Foster directs and co-stars with two-time Academy Award winner Mel Gibson in The Beaver – an emotional story about a man on a journey to re-discover his family and re-start his life.

Plagued by his own demons, Walter Black was once a successful toy executive and family man who now suffers from depression. No matter what he tries, Walter can’t seem to get himself back on track…until a beaver hand puppet enters his life.

When I had first heard about it, the thought of Mel Gibson gone bat shit crazy with a beaver puppet on his hand for an entire movie actually sounded hilarious to me. But now that I've seen the trailer I'm seriously lowering my expectations. It looks a lot like Summits other non-twilight attempt at drama Remember Me, which had some potential but ultimately fell very short of expectations and was really just a big bunch of "meh" right up until the somewhat-surprise ending.

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[welshfilmbuff]

Yeah, I'm not feeling this, either. I was looking forward to some sort of deranged black comedy, but this seems like some artsy, family drama in the vein of something like Pay it Forward.

If the reviews are sensational, I go see it... but I somehow doubt they will be.