I could have rated Hundreds of Beavers anything and it’d have been am accurate enough appraisal. I haven’t seen something so random and intentional in a long time. Whatever they were trying to make, they made it. I am simply not convinced I enjoyed it.

And yet, no matter how insanely and unnecessarily long the movie is (and it IS long), I wasn’t exactly bored. I was actually more abstractly fascinated by what they put on screen… and it looks like it cost them a buck, a rubber band, and some magic markers.

The flick is about a beaver trapper in the 1700s… though the beavers and other woodland creatures are actually just a bunch of guys in furry costumes. The trapper is trying to kill enough furry critters to earn the hand of the fur trader’s daughter.

As if the plot matters though… this flick is just an unending number of often repeated slapstick and visual gags. It’s not quite a silent film since there’s an abundance of sound effects and annoyed grunts. There are no attempts at dialog though… but they always get their point across. It’d be a challenge to be confused.

Most of the comedy comes from pratfalls and it’s always corny but only occasionally funny (to me). I suspect it will 100% hit the funny bone of fans of this kind of comedy. I’m unconvinced they will laugh throughout its runtime though… even the funniest pratfalls have a time limit. I think. I hope.

I have to believe the nutters who made this film made the exact film they wanted to make. The visual effects aren’t very good intentionally… they go full hog on the cartooniness in a way that makes it abundantly clear they weren’t trying for anything but a throwback live action toon. And even if I don’t appreciate the result, I fully endorse the hustle.

I have no idea who will enjoy this film. Probably only you can guess if you’d appreciate a modern “live action” Looney Toons or pratfall-laden silent film. I wasn’t bored but I was often unencouraged by the runtime and the results. It’s a lot of whatever it is… perhaps too much.

Score: 71