The Beaver vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.4/10 for The Beaver). The Beaver is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 1h 32m. The Beaver is the older of the two (2011 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Beaver
The French Italian| The Beaver | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.4/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 31m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Jodie Foster | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Cherry Jones, Kelly Coffield Park, Anton Yelchin | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
The Beaver
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.
The French Italian
Doug and Valerie have made a mistake. Their hate-fueled obsession with the jerks downstairs — who always seem to be singing karaoke in a brownstone, who even does that? — recently led them to flee the city for Doug’s parents’ place upstate, giving up a great deal on a rent-stabilized apartment. Their friends are horrified, and regret is setting in. They start plotting their revenge— and before they know it, they’re staging an off-Broadway play…
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