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(2003)
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Portland, Oregon. Just an ordinary day at the local high school. Students wander in the corridors, classes begin and end. The air is filled with the sound of small talk; girls gossip and complain about their mothers, while out on the football pitch practice comes to a close. For kids like Eli, John, Nate and his girlfriend Carrie, this is their world – as friendly as it is sometimes lonely, as comforting as it can be tough. But their world is about to be torn apart… Inspired by the tragic events of the Columbine High School shootings.
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Elephant review by Shatner's Bassoon
Mesmerizing
(4) of (4) members found this review helpful.
Loosely based on the 1999 Columbine high school massacre, 'Elephant' presents the viewer with the uncomfortable feeling of having to watch events take place in real time. But the whole point of 'Elephant' is to show just how mundane everyday life is, and a how a seemingly routine school day for these kids turned into something truly horrific, and for this reason it makes it so much more effective when the shootings finally take place. This is an American high school in all it's meaningless triviality suddenly becoming frighteningly, sickeningly real and inescapable. Director Gus Van Sant doesn't pass judgement on the killers; he's smart enough to know that there is no single explanation for their behaviour, which arises from a variety of sources. Elephant is also a film which doesn't leave the viewer with any form of closure, it's tragic, it's not supposed to have a happy ending, but then neither did Columbine.
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Elephant review by grae
Don't bother!
(1) of (3) members found this review helpful.
What a lot of rubbish. Cameras follow the characters behind them in slow boring takes, a complete waste of time.
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Elephant review by Cherry
Enyeuse
(0) of (1) members found this review helpful.
This was the worst film I have ever seen. The documentary style of the film makes it seem very realistic but also very boring as it trawls through the day at the school
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Rated: 3.0 stars out of 5 from 166 ratings
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Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
| Release Date: | 20/07/2009 |
| Production Year: | 2003 |
| Aspect Ratio: | Not Available |
| Format: | Pal |
| Colour: | Colour |
