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Hundreds of Beavers Review: When Looney Tunes Grow a Beaver Dam

I. Cinematic Carnage at the Beaver Dam: An introduction covering the movie's plot, visual style, and comedic tone.

Naser Nahandian by Naser Nahandian
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The minds behind Hundreds of Beavers aim for absurdity. Directors Mike Cheslik and Ryland Brickson Cole Tews first made waves with Lake Michigan Monster, a black-and-white horror comedy about aquatic cryptids. On a minuscule budget of around $150,000, they crafted a slapstick saga pitting man against beaver that puts most blockbusters to shame.

The story follows Jean Kayak, a former distiller left distraught after beavers destroy his orchard. To survive the unforgiving winter, Kayak must become a trapper capturing critters to trade their pelts. Yet the local beavers see him as an invader, building elaborate dams and schemes to remove this threat.

What ensues is a blizzard of visual gags as Kayak endlessly bungles traps and takes humorous hits. Though silent, Hundreds of Beavers blares its comedy through madcap stunts and costumes, weaving influence from Looney Tunes to classic cartoons into a uniquely ridiculous cinematic experience.

The Trapper and his Beaver Nemeses

After the opening fireworks, our hero Jean Kayak wakes alone in the snow, stripped of his former trade. From scratch he must build equipment, setting snares and traps to catch critters. Rabbits prove particularly pesky escape artists, always diving underground at the last second. Yet some critters aid Kayak too, like the mountain man who shows him improved trapping techniques with dogs.

Kayak trades his furs to local merchant the The Merchant, eyeing his handsome payouts and beautiful daughter The Furrier longingly. She assists her father full of charm, though harbors wanderlust beyond their tough wilderness life.

Meanwhile, beavers constantly surveil Kayak, amassing an industrious workforce. Whether wrestling logs or building with branches, they clearly aspire to more than mere survival and will stop at nothing to safeguard their domain.

Each encounter between man and beaver brings fresh skirmishes. Though outnumbered, Kayak refuses to bow down, upping his game catch by catch. His wit and perseverance slowly pay off, climbing the social ladder through pelts. But the beavers’ dam grows more vast and complex too, showing no signs of stopping. Their inevitable clash will decide who truly rules this frozen forest domain.

Visual Verve in a Vanished Era

Hundreds of Beavers whisks viewers back to the heyday of silent cinema. With only intertitles interrupting its spectacle, the film depends entirely on visual storytelling through its stars’ performances. Shot in crisp black-and-white, Directors Cheslik stylizes the icy outdoors into a vivid cartoon come to life.

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Influence from golden age greats like Chaplin, Lloyd, and Keaton abound in Jean Kayak’s pratfalls and stuntwork. Yet the directors blend this tradition with modern world-building too. Surreal animated sequences punctuate reality, while video game tropes gamify Kayak’s quest. Points and stats track his progress, leveling up his arsenal through fur trading.

Perhaps most impressive for such low funds, literally thousands of homemade effects populate every scene. From floating thought bubbles to full character animation, unreal images feel part of this world. Practical costumes also transform humans into unforgettable beavers and more. Their extravagant antics from logging to courtroom trials mimic the coordinated chaos of Looney Tunes at their finest.

Through tribute to those who innovated before, Hundreds of Beavers most honors the spirit of visual storytelling. With nary a word uttered, its panache pulls viewers deep into a vibrant fantasy that refuses limits.

Laughter in the Lake Effect

With Hundreds of Beavers, directors Cheslik and Tews concoct a cinematic cocktail guaranteed to have audiences dying of laughter. Playing out like a live-action cartoon, the film throws viewers headfirst into absurdity from the opening musical number.

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Jean Kayak bears the brunt of the chaos, whether bested by rabbit hole slip ups or outwit by owlish woodpeckers. His resilient buffoonery mirrors the greats of physical comedy. Yet beasts receive just as much comic punishment, namely the beavers in myriad outlandish getups. Whether officiating court or digging with construction vests, their antics elevate each scene to new heights of silliness.

Memorable sequences see man and beaver clash throughout, evolving their feud into fresh foolishness. Kayak trials ever more outlandish traps, each backfiring in hilarious fashion. Beavers too escalate their schemes, building towering dams and devising kooky heists. The directors showcase mastery having a gag and one-upping it, keeping laughs rapid-fire to the end.

Underlying the slaphappy scraps, surreal sight gags stun around every corner. From a beaver tap dance number to a brawl inside a makeshift saloon, Hundreds of Beavers spares no expense conjuring unbridled imagination. Directors Cheslik and Tews ensure no joke goes unfinished or flick misses an opportunity for mirth.

Mastery in Mimicry

Any comedy requires commitment from its cast, but Hundreds of Beavers demands a whole new level of physical bravery from star Ryland Brickson Cole Tews. As Jean Kayak, he undergoes slapstick torment with gusto, selling even the most outrageous pratfalls. Whether bound in traps or bested by beasts, Tews imbues the character with earnest charm.

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Beyond carrying the physical comedy, Tews exhibits expert control of silent expressions. With scrunched features and wild-eyed stares, he brings the mute role to uproarious life. Paired with this proficiency, reed body control allows pratfall precision in even the direst cascades. The actor surrender fully to each scene’s chaos.

Achieving the film’s fantastical vision demanded equal daring behind the scenes. On a microscopic budget, directors Cheslik and Tews enlisted scrappy special effects through trial and error. From animating thought bubbles to digitally doubling critter mob sizes, their DIY ingenuity fosters suspend disbelief. Practical costumes too morph performers into a menagerie of mascot mammals.

Through sheer creative moxie, Hundreds of Beavers materializes its lunatic world. Both Tews and the production team merit highest praise for wholly committing to mayhem and bringing wildest visions screaming to life. Their showmanship teaches low funds need not ground high-flying hijinks.

Finding Humor in Hardship

Beneath Hundreds of Beavers’ frivolity lies reflections on persevering in adversity. Stranded without supplies, Jean Kayak must scrap for sustenance through tenacity and wit. Trapping teaches useful skills, though comedy stems from failures along the journey. As does Kayak persist through slapstick, so do many persevering hardship with spirit and humor.

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Kayak and the beavers also symbolize people competing for what little a harsh landscape offers. Through escalating hijinks, the film satirizes human tendencies towards one-upmanship and tribalism. Yet directors Cheslik and Tews ensure no side emerges victorious, instead finding common comedy in our shared foibles.

Even establishment powers like The Merchant fall targets to the directors’ gleeful rule-breaking. Rigid social order melts in the beavers’ chaotic dam building as in mankind’s toppling systems. Hundreds of Beavers celebrates upending conventions and challenging what’s “natural” through absurdity and imagination.

Underneath its madcap mayhem burns thoughtful comment on defying hardship through resilience, improvisation and mirth. Few films so artfully marry gut-busting fun with wry social subtext.

For Absurdity Enthusiasts

Any comedy aficionado seeking something delightfully offbeat need search no farther than Hundreds of Beavers. Through insane effort, Mike Cheslik and Tews realize madcap vision that refuses limits or labels. Their homage to cinematic ancestors reconnects timeless physicality to modern whimsy.

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However one approaches the film – as spoof, social satire or simply a slapped-together lark – it offers bellyfuls of bold fun. Directors foster hilarity through trust in the absurd and permission to let imaginations run wild. Even frugal means manifest their lunatic landscape with color.

Hundreds of Beavers teaches comedy need not appease mainstream tastes to enthral. It plays strictly by its own rules, a middle finger to convention wrapped in carefree japes. While slapstick forms the foundation, Hundreds of Beavers architectural comedy into sprawling nonsensical marvel.

For those craving an experience unlike anything else, Hundreds of Beavers dams up countless cackles. It deserves celebration as a ludicrous landmark of off-kilter originality and as assurance that cinema’s weirdest hopes live on.

The Review

Hundreds of Beavers

9 Score

Hundreds of Beavers is an absurd masterwork that unleashes boundless creativity through comedy. Directors Cheslik and Tews revive silent-film slapstick while infusing it with modern visual imagination and infectious joyful energy. Physical performances and intricate costumes bring unbridled silliness to life even on a shoestring budget. While celebrating roots in golden age classics, the film breaks boundaries to forge its own path as a madcap multimedia cartoon. Hundreds of Beavers reminds that through humor and audacity, art knows no limits.

PROS

  • Highly creative visuals and jokes
  • Impressive technical achievements for a low budget
  • Energetic slapstick performances
  • Subverts conventions through absurdity and rule-breaking
  • Pays homage to silent film classics while feeling fresh

CONS

  • Preposterous plot may not appeal to all tastes
  • Overly ridiculous at times for some viewers
  • Minimal narrative or character development

Review Breakdown

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