Zombeavers

Freestyle Releasing | Release Date: March 20, 2015

5.8	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Ratings

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SpangleOct 17, 2016

Boy, if anything showcases the decline of Nickelodeon, it is this misguided and unfortunate movie for acclaimed children's cartoon, and a personal favorite, The Angry Beavers. When I supported this Kickstarter in favor of #4seasonsandamovie,Boy, if anything showcases the decline of Nickelodeon, it is this misguided and unfortunate movie for acclaimed children's cartoon, and a personal favorite, The Angry Beavers. When I supported this Kickstarter in favor of #4seasonsandamovie, I had such high hopes. When I heard that Dag and Norb would be bringing back their typically childish banter and terrific theme song for a feature film, I marked my calendar. I could not be more excited. The end result of this film left me wondering if director Jordan Rubin had ever seen the source material or if he just saw it and decided to discard it entirely. I want my money back. This is the last time I ever support a Kickstarter campaign for a beloved television show.

One of the major problems of this is the special effects. I was fine with going with live-action for the film. While the original cartoon was obviously not live-action, I thought it could be an interesting move. Plus, with the success of current CGI live-action films, the beavers should have no problem being the recognizable Dag and Norb, right? Wrong. Instead, these beavers look like puppets and really do not act like they did in the show. Where is the banter? Hell, I do not even think they spoke. All I saw was beavers nodding at one another every once in a while and surrounding some cabin in the woods. Fortunately, the same measure of brotherhood from the show is found in the film, as Dag and Norb, as well as all of the other beavers in the forest stick together.

One of the most shocking elements of The Angry Beavers Movie is the violence against beavers. While I agree with the film's approach of showcasing the problems associated with humans moving into the forest and harming beavers, I did not expect the violence. One character, Smyth (Rex Linn) warns the three main female protagonists of the fact that families are around, so they should cover up. Not only do Jenn (Lexi Atkins), Zoe (Cortney Palm), and Mary (Rachel Melvin) continue to run around in revealing clothing, but the film showcases so much violence against beavers and dogs that one must wonder if the film itself remembered that this was a family movie. For kids who loved the television series, we want to show our nieces, nephews, children, or random children, our favorite show as a movie. Yet, this will do nothing but convince those same youngsters that we are really weird.

That said, the humor is pretty much the same, as far as I can remember. Lots of beaver inside jokes and adult references that kids will not understand, thankfully. For this element, Jordan Rubin does a bit to overcome the violence and nudity, yet this is still not a film I can recommend for family viewers.

On the positive side, the film does a brilliant job to turn the humans into beavers. I was particularly moved by the scene in which Jenn grows a tail and bangs it on the ground like the rest of the beavers. At the end of the day, we are all beavers. We are united as one. Zombeavers, for all of its faults, definitely gets this important message across.

While violent and a diversion from the beloved Angry Beavers television series, the film still showcases the same anger from the beavers and the trademark comedy of the series, while also demonstrating the harm that can be caused by human involvement in the environment. Though this is not the film I expected when I popped in The Angry Beavers Movie, Zombeavers could be far worse. I just wish it was not based on a kids movie, for fear of children seeing the film.… Expand

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kaitpritMar 16, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie is a load of **** How dare they throw the dog in the water? Not to mention the beavers look like the remenants found in a shower drain. my favorite part is when the weirdo with the beanie loses his foot and still manages to hold it in his hand. truly iconic.… Expand

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