The Beaver
2011 · 91 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 51,378 VOTES · DIR. Jodie Foster
Overview
Suffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family. With his father seemingly going insane, adolescent son Porter pushes for his parents to get a divorce.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,028 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:29 WALTER: (AS BEAVER) This is a picture of Walter Black
00:04:31 we would have raised his grades incrementally.
00:10:18 Oi!
00:13:37 splash up some paint and rearrange the furniture
00:16:39 There you go.
00:18:53 Save your money. No one gives a shit about those things.
00:21:24 He was about your age, yeah. Cub Scouts.
00:25:22 This is layoffs, isn't it? Goddamn China.
00:28:11 let down.
00:30:52 - Right. - Time to go.
00:34:02 That's okay. You've got your little furry friend.
00:36:37 Christmas? I'm talking about right now, woman. Today.
00:40:24 - She called me a liar and a cheater. - All right, all right, all right. Look.
00:43:38 Then, what?
00:46:53 Why not? You're so good at being other people.
00:50:16 and you let him know that you weren't going anywhere
00:54:06 I've got to hand it to you.
00:57:46 But make no mistake about it, love. I'm not going anywhere.
01:02:12 Starting over isn't crazy.
01:05:07 You're not going to get much out of ol' Walter.
01:11:40 I'm sorry.
01:15:30 Mom says yours got broken.
01:19:53 like curly hair or blue eyes?
01:24:49 so that, one day, this might just be a picture of Walter Black.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,028
Dialogue density11.3 lines / min
First line00:01:29
Final line01:24:49
Production Record
DirectorJodie Foster
LanguageEnglish
Budget$21,000,000
Revenue$970,816
IMDb votes51,378