Must Go! The Beaver by WBretz This is a very well written movie. Mel Gibson plays the part very well. I would highly reccomend this movie if you know anything about depression, it is an insightful movie....
Must Go! Brilliant! by sylvia solo If anyone coul depict the hellish decent into mental illness, it would be Mel! Say what you want about him, but the man is brilliant both as an actor and a director/producer.... I noticed one...
Must Go! The Beaver by Beckmeister The is a great imaginative story. Mel is great and this really shows off his talent. It has a great message about change, motivation, and hope....
75 Philadelphia Inquirer | Carrie Rickey That this ambitious, if deeply odd, film is so compulsively watchable is a credit to Gibson's compelling performances, both as spiritless Walter and the Cockney-accented voice of the tireless title character. Read full review
75 Rolling Stone | Peter Travers The Beaver, directed by Jodie Foster from a script by fearless first-timer Kyle Killen, is operating on a plane far above multiplex formula. This flawed but heartfelt movie has the power to sneak up and floor you. Read full review
75 NPR | Ella Taylor The Beaver is at its core a classically Oedipal tale. While one son angles in all the wrong ways for his abject father's attention, another engages in a heroic struggle with his abusive bully of a dad. Read full review
70 The Hollywood Reporter | John DeFore A risky bet that pays off solidly, Jodie Foster's much-delayed The Beaver survives its life/art parallels -- thanks to its star, Mel Gibson -- to deliver a hopeful portrait of mental illness that is quirky, serious and sensitive. Read full review