Elephant (DVD) Reviews

I believe that this film is only for people interested in direction and cinematography. Why? Because in my opinion, those are the only interesting things about Elephant. The storyline is very boring and nothing really happens in the film until right at the end and even that is, suprisingly, fairly ...  Read the complete review

Gus Van Sant's "Death Trilogy" consists of three films - Gerry, Last Days, and Elephant. Elephant is the middle child of the three - a little awkward, and unsure of itself, yet the film earned wide acclaim and won the prestigious Palm d'Or at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. I must, though, admit to not being entirely convinced by Van ...  Read the complete review

Elephant, loosely based on the Columbine shootings paints a portrait of the day in an American high school when two students go on a rampage by following the actions of different students. As the subject matter suggests, this is purely a sad film so don't go buying it for any manic depressives. Pre-shooting, it runs more like a ...  Read the complete review

Elephant is a film based on a group of students at a fictional high school in America. It shows the students going about their business in and out of school on a day a mass shooting occurs. There are popular, unpopular, gay, straight and even bulimic teenagers represented in the film. The film shows how all the people interacted ...  Read the complete review