This may be the genre’s most successful year yet
BEAVERTON IS HOME to a thriving colony of the furry, wood-chewing creatures. The mayor, however, doesn’t give a dam: he decides their forest habitat should be dislodged to make room for a freeway. Mabel, a teenage environmental activist, is outraged by these plans but faces apathy from the locals. After she discovers an experimental science project—one that allows her to “hop” her consciousness from her body into that of a robotic beaver—she befriends the animals and galvanises them to fight tooth and claw.
This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline “Picture perfect”
From the March 7th 2026 edition
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