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Hundreds of Beavers – Movie Review
TL;DR – It was a completely wild ride from start to finish. I am not sure I have ever seen a film like this before, and I doubt I will ever again. ★★★★★ Post-Credit Scene – There is no post-credit scene.Disclosure – I was sent a sc…
TL;DR – It was a completely wild ride from start to finish. I am not sure I have ever seen a film like this before, and I doubt I will ever again.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Rating: 4.5 out of 5.
Post-Credit Scene – There is no post-credit scene.
Disclosure – I was sent a screener of this film.
Hundreds of Beavers Review –
For the last year, I kept hearing rumblings of this weird Beavers film that everyone needed to see. It is super low budget, weird in every way, yet utterly engaging. It is the sort of film that never gets a theatrical realise in Australia; well, that is, it does not usually get one. I was fundamentally surprised to see this was not the case here, but more than that, I was excited to see just how a film like this could come together, and I am not sure if anything prepared me for this.
So, to set the scene, deep in the 19th century, Jean Kayak (Ryland Brickson Cole Tews) is an applejack producer, a very alcoholic liquor that everyone near and wide travels to, given how good it is. However, a stray beaver damages the giant kegs storing the Applejack, destroying the store and orchard in the process. Jean has only one option: get even with the beavers. The only problem is that he will have to survive first, which might be easier said than done. It is not like it is a brutally cold winter, and he has nothing to his name but the clothes on his back and the ability to carve interactive sculptures out of wood with his teeth.
Ryland Brickson Cole Tews throughs his whole body into this role. Image Credit: Lightbulb Film Distribution.
Look, there are a lot of films that struggle to establish a tone when they start. Hundreds of Beavers is not one of those films. In the first five minutes, you completely understand the vibe of the film and just what sort of shenanigans you have signed yourself up to. Look, it helps when you can start with a jaunty musical number of everyone getting absolutely trashed on Applejack. You also get a feel for the surreal, abstract, almost loony tunes but with a real man hitting all those slapstick moments. All of this is helped by Ryland Brickson Cole Tews throwing all of himself and his body into this role.
This is a hard film to thoroughly explain because I am still not entirely sure what I just watched. For example, there is a scene where Jean runs away from an angry Merchant (Doug Mancheski) wearing nothing but snow underwear. It is full of animals, but they are either cartoons, puppets, or people in comical suits. There is minimal spoken language, just grunts and the odd song. It is all filmed in black and white and is oscillating between slapstick, surreal commentary, and abstract shenanigans. My best thought is, what if Buster Keaton and the Looney Tunes came together and had a baby in the mid-west of America and asked Jackie Chan to babysit, but he is a cool babysitter who lets you play video games?
This is an abstract surrealist joy. Image Credit: Lightbulb Film Distribution.
From a tone perspective, this is a film that the more you watch, the less its weirdness has an impact. This might be true in the sense that you get used to the vibe the film is making. It also should be said that there are moments when it can get deeply macarb. However, even in the back end of the movie, it still found ways to make me laugh, like deep belly chuckles. Like giving the snowman two arms to celebrate or having all the sled dogs play poker at night. The production is what helps sell it because, even though it was made on a shoestring, they made every dollar count. For example, this is one film where the musical score is not hidden away in the background. It is a proper slap in the foreground. In some respects, it is doing a lot of the heavy lifting with its flutes, oboes, and violins. But it is just one of the many feathers this film has in its overly-sized raccoon hat.
In the end, do we recommend Hundreds of Beavers? Look, it was a completely wild ride from start to finish. I am not sure I have ever seen a film like this before, and I doubt I will ever again. It was an experience, one that I am glad I had. If you liked Hundreds of Beavers, we would recommend to you The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.
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Credits – All images were created by the cast, crew, and production companies of Hundreds of Beavers Directed by – Mike Cheslik Written by – Mike Cheslik & Ryland Brickson Cole Tews Music by – Chris Ryan Cinematography by – Quinn Hester Edited by – Mike Cheslik Production/Distribution Companies – SRH & Lightbulb Film Starring – Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, Olivia Graves & Doug Mancheski with Luis Rico & Wes Tank and Brendan Steere, Jon Truei, Jay Brown, Jason Hoerchner, Stephen Cervantes, Max Hey, Erick West, Daniel Long, Tyler Walker, Jessica Knap, Louis R. Schultz, Tobias Christian Wong, James Stoeffel, Chris Heolter, John Horne Maurice Gross, Jerry Kurek, Mike Wesolowski, Ryan Fox, Mike Cheslik, Tyree Pope II, Ryland Tews & Matt Haupt Rating – Australia: PG; Canada: PG; Germany: na; New Zealand: na; United Kingdom: 12; United States: na
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