Star and Shadow presents
Dir: Mike Cheslik, 2022, USA, 108 min, Cert: 12A
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Sat 14 September // 19:30
/ Cinema
Tickets: £7/5/3/0
A festival favourite and instant cult classic! In this oddball slapstick comedy, a hapless 19th-century bootlegger matches wits with a horde of malicious beavers (played by adults in full-size mascot costumes) in his quest to become the territory's greatest fur trapper. Like a surreal live-action Looney Tunes cartoon, it's joyfully absurd - and like nothing you've ever seen. Don't miss the chance to watch this one with an audience!
"Exceeds expectations in every way, including the promise of its title" -- RogerEbert.com
"What gives Hundreds Of Beavers its special quality is the mixture of no-budget, seemingly haphazard gonzo energy and the well-tooled jokes that can only come from rigorous planning and effervescent ingenuity." -- TimeOut.com
"Imagine a Buster Keaton 1920s slapstick serial comedy short, and then take that and reinvent it as a level-jumping, Super Mario-style video game, and then take that and get Guy Madden's wackier twin to direct it. And that is kind of what Hundreds of Beavers is like." -- Mark Kermode