Mike Cheslik directs Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, Olivia Graves
and Wes Tank in this dialogue free black and white comedy where a drunken applejack salesman becomes a fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers in this 19th century supernatural winter epic.

Clearly a labour of love. Too idiosyncratic to be a calling card, yet too crowd pleasing for Hollywood not to take notice. A love letter to silent comedy where an inept dude does battle with wilderness creatures to survive. Don’t worry zero critters were harmed in the production of this laugh packed onslaught. Half a dozen dudes in mascot costumes make up the menagerie of beasts. There’s as much Max Fleischer and Looney Tunes here as Buster Keaton and Chaplin. The DIY cheapo FX are part of the charm. They come so thick and fast that the ingenuity and craft outweigh the budget limitations. The gal who our hero has his heart set on is a homicidal tease – very sexy. It can all get quite repetitive, yet that is the very nature of this beast. I would have reduced it down to a neat 80 minutes in the edit. But which gags to kill? They’re pretty much all winners. Hearing a cinema laugh through a whole movie rather than nod and howl gormlessly at fan service Easter Eggs feels like a rarity these days. This is easily the funniest release since No Hard Feelings.

Watched at The Prince Charles Cinema!

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