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Plot

Perhaps it's a blessing that old Ward Cleaver didn't live to see how his son Beaver (Jerry Mathers) turned out. Now in his mid-30s, the Beav is divorced, out of work, and living in his mother's house with his two children. Beaver's brother Wally, also married, is doing rather better, but his friendship with neighborhood sharpster Eddie Haskell (Ken Osmond) threatens his financial wellbeing. Only the boys' Mom June (Barbara Billingsley) has matured in the twenty years since Leave It to Beaver left the air. Still the Beaver was the pilot for one of those ubiquitous "reunion" series of the 1980s; this one sold, and ran for several seasons on the TBS Superstation as The New Leave It to Beaver.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Comedy,Drama
Run Time:
100min.
Director(s):
Steven Hilliard Stern
Themes:
Parenthood,Sibling Relationships
Tone:
Affectionate,Heartwarming,Light,Nostalgic,Sweet
Keywords:
adult [vs. child],brother,child,divorce,family,mother,problems
Language:
English