Reel Movie Trailers: The Beaver

We'd heard about this film for a while, and given the current controversy star Mel Gibson is embroiled in, the release of the trailer for The Beaver offers some unexpected laughs. Seeing this attached to Black Swan, I was surprised by how much the audience found funny, but not because the trailer was actually funny, but because the film depicts Gibson as a man who's been such a dick to everyone that the only way to fix things is to have him walk around with a puppet on his hand like some alternate personality that speaks for him. Kudos to Summit Entertainment for making lemonade out of Mel's sour situation. Check out the trailer for Jodie Foster's directorial debut below, and see some Beaver pictures in the gallery! The Beaver

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