Parker the rabbit reviews the Beaver

Hi. It's Parker the Rabbit. I'll be talking here about one of my favorite subjects, The Beaver. The movie called 'The Beaver' came right to my living room recently on DVD as the family couldn't get out to see it owing to a limited screen release in our vicinity. (I'm too conspicuous anyway to be dragged out in public to a theater, and the movie goer seated behind me always complains about my ears blocking the view.)

It should occur to you that you are reading the words of a rodent stuffed animal who is reviewing the performance of another stuffed rodent animal.

(You can scroll through this without the fear of something risque coming up about the beaver).

As for the plot,this is a dark comedy about a human suffering from depression. Walter wears a beaver puppet on his sleeve as a therapeutic device which helps him get back into the world. I won't give away the ending here. The reviews on the movie after its release were 'mixed'.

Depression is important. The forecast (by one of those groups with the three initials) is that it will be the second most prevalent disability on the planet. It is important that the public develop an awareness of the disorder and the dynamics experienced by the family and associates who live around the depressed person. I think that this movie helps provide the insight, especially on how badly relatives want the depressed person to 'come back'.

My big ear for music enjoyed the background score by Marcelo Zarvos.

You'll find out on this LENS what I already knew about the Beaver before I saw the film of the same title. My rabbit cousins live up in Cascadia where Oregon is 'The Beaver State'. I am jealous of all the wood up there that they can chew upon. I myself have to rely on sticks that humans bring back from Home Depot as my owner knows I will go for the baseboards if I don't have material for my precious teeth. A beaver is known as the engineer animal because of his dam making activities.

The movie stars Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster and I'll remind you of some of their other outstanding work later on.