Hundreds of Beavers
SRH | Release Date: January 26, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
82
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Universal acclaim based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
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1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzJul 30, 2024
Hundreds of Beavers, a boldly bizarre, nearly wordless slapstick comedy about a 19th-century trapper doing battle with nature, exceeds expectations in every way, including the promise of its title. Read full review
94
PolygonPete VolkApr 25, 2024
It’s the single funniest movie of 2024, delivering punchline after punchline through its acute understanding of slapstick comedy and cinematic language. It’s the kind of singular cinematic experience destined to be a midnight cult hit. Read full review
90
Little White LiesCallie PetchJul 12, 2024
Hundreds of Beavers is an immaculately constructed, gloriously bizarre, wholly unique tribute to that basest of comedy pleasures, made by people whose imagination seemingly knows no bounds. Read full review
90
Film ThreatMichael Talbot-HaynesFeb 8, 2024
It is exciting in ways you cannot imagine and must be seen to be believed. Read full review
88
Movie NationRoger MooreNov 6, 2024
It is the funniest film you’ll see this year. Read full review
87
Paste MagazineJacob OllerFeb 26, 2024
A multimedia extravaganza of frozen idiocy, Hundreds of Beavers is a slapstick tour de force—and its roster of ridiculous mascot-suited wildlife is only the tip of the iceberg. Read full review
85
The Daily BeastNick SchagerFeb 27, 2024
A marvel of slapstick invention that in terms of pure unbridled creativity puts most big-screen comedies to shame. Read full review
80
EmpireNick de SemlyenJul 12, 2024
A tale of pelts that pelts along, with more lunacy and creativity than a brace of other films, this film dares to go full beaver. Don’t sleep on it. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawJul 11, 2024
The sheer sustained silliness of this spoof silent comedy is what finally compels admiration. It’s like chancing across a bunch of eerily gifted kids by the roadside putting on a bizarrely accomplished, very extended series of magic tricks and circus acrobatic stunts. Read full review
80
Time OutIan FreerJul 9, 2024
Mike Cheslik’s Hundreds Of Beavers is that rare thing in the current film landscape: a genuine cult classic. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleMar 15, 2024
This underground festival hit is a feverish fit of creative buffoonery — you haven’t experienced anything remotely like it. Read full review
80
VarietyDennis HarveyFeb 17, 2024
On paper, it would hardly be expected to remain funny for eight minutes, let alone 108. But this ingeniously home-made lark never runs out of steam. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerFeb 22, 2024
Hundreds of Beavers works because everyone involved knows to deliver the whimsy with a straight face, treating knitted fish, puppet frogs, and the Wisconsin snowdrifts in which it was filmed all as equally real. Read full review
75
LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenJun 26, 2024
This is as much Looney Tunes as Chaplin or Keaton—what with the manic pacing and animated flourishes, like question marks over characters’ heads—but in truth it’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen. Read full review
70
SlashfilmMatt DonatoFeb 8, 2024
It's a hilarious low-low-budget, rough-around-the-edges oddity that makes me very happy, and I hope someday it'll make you feel the same crisp beaver-beatin' joy. Read full review
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