The Beaver (2011)
Directed by Jodie Foster
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.
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Though these things cannot be compartmentalized, not entirely, the actor Mel Gibson stands apart from the off-screen nightmare Mel Gibson as well as the sadistic "Passion of the Christ" and "Apocalypto" director Mel Gibson.
Those who groove to the punitive self-mutilation fantasies that have pumped up his self-directed work (from Braveheart through The Passion of the Christ to Apocalypto) will not be disappointed by the visceral ordeal that lays Walter low, then resurrects him.
If you haven't seen the darkness gnawing at Gibson in the films he's directed, from Braveheart to The Passion of the Christ and Apocalypto , then you haven't been paying attention.
And I guess Ted is animated persuasively, but I've still got Mel Gibson's The Beaver rattling around in my head, and despite this movie's boozing, bromance profanity and bong hits, it's all striking me as a little precious.
It’s a pretty twisted idea for a movie — really, only half a step away from a mad Mel Gibson yakking to a furry puppet in " The Beaver ."
Ted’s setup calls to mind The Beaver, another movie about dependency on a stuffed animal, although Ted is free of The Beaver’s pretensions and the unpleasantness of trying to get the audience to sympathize with Mel Gibson.
Vulgar and funny comedy about a potty-mouthed stuffed bear beats "The Beaver" by a long shot and transfers "Family Guy" humor to the big screen with ease.
"Queen of Earth" feels like it's trying to fit in the same mold as films such as "It's Kind of a Funny Story," "The Beaver," or "Melancholia," but it is a film that is stripped entirely of enjoyment.
While we're waiting for this to pass, we take note of the scenario's similarity to a wide range of other films, not only Cast Away, All Is Lost, and Weekend at Bernie's, but also movie-munchy junk food like The Beaver and Ted.