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  Review by James (Schaffrillas) ★★★★½ 1

  Fucking incredible, no notes

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  Review by Justin Decloux ★★★★★ 7

  The funniest live-action cartoon I've ever seen.

  HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS isn't merely a 'homage' to silent cinema and Looney Tunes-style comedy, but an actual example of it, with a new gag every few seconds that left me howling with tears of laughter, thanks to a visual identity somewhere between Terry Gilliam (cut-out animation included), an adventure video game and Japanese genius Hitoshi Matsumoto.

  The plot is perfectly straightforward (as it should be): A man wakes up in a frozen forest and has to slowly build up enough resources to survive and, eventually, win the heart of the furtraper's daughter. Of course, that means this man has to hunt the local fauna (portrayed by people in animal costumes) for food and…

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  Review by Josh Lewis ★★★★ 5

  A genuinely astonishing snowy Midwest epic of silent-era/golden age cartoon humor and wit, retro video game design logic, and ingenious low-budget fur-trapper survivalist horror-action-comedy mayhem. A true testament to what you can do with a DSLR, After Effects, a handful of animal mascot costumes, a commitment to storyboarding, and a true gut understanding that 100 years ago a man falling over or getting hit really, really hard was the peak of comedy for a reason. Just when you think its Guy Maddin Looney Tune schtick is bound to collapse on itself it somehow finds another vaudeville slapstick angle to build on its constantly accumulating mix of delightfully low-brow mania and intelligent, deliberate pastiche engineering. There are so many incredible stunts and…

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  Review by William (SpaceTree Studios) ★★★★½ 2

  Live action looney tunes, every joke lands and they keep going and building on it. It’s like if a road runner short was feature length and somehow never got boring 
  Ryan and Mike are pros

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  Review by Tino Hahn ★★★★★ 1

  This was one of the most crowdpleasing experiences I ever had with a roaring audience in a fully packed cinema. Incredibly funny and can’t wait to rewatch it to fully embrace all the artistic choices that went into this fantastically paced and meticulously executed laughter fest. 

  More detailed review to follow. 

  Watched at Sitges 2023

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  Review by Miles Foster ★★★★★ 1

  Final beaver count: hundreds

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  Review by Steven Norwood ★★★★★ 2

  I didn't know a slapstick film about observation and problem-solving was what I needed, but I haven't been this happily surprised by a film since A TOWN CALLED PANIC. It's hilarious and inventive, and I absolutely loved it.

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  Review by Kirk Lee ★★★★★

  This is the best nature documentary I have ever watched.

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  Review by alex :) ★★★★

  the fact that the director was in the audience for this viewing and revealed that 2 cars were totaled in the making of this, someone got a concussion on set, and the main actor got frostbite, i have a deep appreciation for this movie and will be hyperfixating on it for years to come. #HUNDREDSOFBEAVERS SUPREMACY!!!!!!!! 🦫🦫🦫🦫

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  Review by Fidel Ruiz-Healy ★★★★★

  Needed one or two more beavers but I’ll let it slide

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  Review by LakeMichMonDon ★★★★★ 2

  They fucking did it. This thing is just slinging gag after gag, and they all hit with a satisfying thud and thwack. It's unfair to call this a silent movie with how the sound design makes it humm.

  Props to the human and costumed actors putting their bodies on the line out in the woods. You can tell this was real cold and snow they were dealing with shot out there in the elements.

  Made for one helluva theater experience with a full house hootin' and hollering along. The longer runtime breezed by. Can't wait to watch again!

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  Review by Joshy ★★★★★ 3

  A Live action Looney Tunes, a wild ride of nonstop cleverly written slapstick that builds to a bonkers finale, I fucking adored every frame of this film.