The Beaver
- Release Date
- February 11, 2011
- Director
- Jodie Foster
- Cast
- Mel Gibson , Cherry Jones , Jodie Foster , Anton Yelchin , Riley Thomas Stewart , Zachary Booth
- Runtime
- 91
- Main Genre
- Drama
- Writers
- Kyle Killen
- Tagline
- He's here to save Walter's life.
- Website
- http://www.thebeaver-movie.com/
Summary
Suffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black (Mel Gibson) begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family. With his father seemingly going insane, adolescent son Porter (Anton Yelchin) pushes for his parents to get a divorce. Jodie Foster directs and co-stars as Walter's wife in this dark comedy that also features Riley Thomas Stewart and Jennifer Lawrence.
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