Hundreds of Beavers

Among the films that will never be nominated for an Oscar is this zany silent-film throwback that took the cult movie world by storm over the last two years. In the 19th-century northern frontier, successful applejack salesman Jean Kayak (Ryland Brickson Cole Tews) finds his business devastated by a fire caused by an eager beaver. As he recovers, he runs afoul of anthropomorphic rabbits, dogs, raccoons, and hundreds of beavers as he tries to win the heart of the merchant’s daughter. Shot in black-and-white, with no dialogue and stylized intertitles, the film starts out reminding the audience of the athletic humor of Buster Keaton, the silliness of Looney Tunes, and the absurdity of Monty Python, but ends somewhere between the campy action scenes of the Roger Moore James Bond films and the kaiju-building fun of Voltron, a rare feat indeed. Best seen with a crowd, this uproarious cinematic experiment will certainly give you something to chew on.