Hundreds of Beavers (2022) poster
2022 · comedy

Hundreds of Beavers

Directed by Mike Cheslik1h 48m2022
ElsewhereIMDb7.615kRT97%Metacritic82TMDB7.2296
  • cosy
  • kinetic
  • surreal
  • funny
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Cosy, breathless, measured comedy, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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In the 19th century, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.

Our read · Hundreds of Beavers (2022) reads as a cosy, breathless, surreal comedy entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want silent-era slapstick, video-game progression, and beaver chaos in black and white.

ends triumphantyou’ll feel glowing aftera slow buildgrips by minute 12attention 3/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upanimal harm

Skip it tonightSkip if wordless physical comedy and cartoon animal violence sound like homework.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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