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Informative, compassionate, and beautifully filmed, The Elephant Queen should satisfy nature documentary lovers of all ages.
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A cute story about the circle of life. Oct 18, 2019 | Rating: B | Full Review…
A cute story about the circle of life.
David Ehrlich
A love letter to a gorgeous species that is increasingly in danger. Oct 18, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
A love letter to a gorgeous species that is increasingly in danger.
Brian Tallerico
From intimate shots beneath the feet of the giant beasts to underground footage, directors Stone and Deeble have made a movie that leaves viewers as much in awe of the animals as of the filmmakers' ability to capture remarkable moments. Oct 17, 2019 | Full Review…
From intimate shots beneath the feet of the giant beasts to underground footage, directors Stone and Deeble have made a movie that leaves viewers as much in awe of the animals as of the filmmakers' ability to capture remarkable moments.
Kimber Myers
Not as tonally stable nor as thematically cogent as it could have been, but it does feature some child-appropriate scenes of animals relieving themselves, having sex, and even dying. Oct 17, 2019 | Full Review…
Not as tonally stable nor as thematically cogent as it could have been, but it does feature some child-appropriate scenes of animals relieving themselves, having sex, and even dying.
Simon Abrams
Young viewers could certainly handle a few more harsh facts. Yet "The Elephant Queen" sets out, first and foremost, to use a narrative to build compassion. And here, a good story is as effective as a shout. Oct 17, 2019 | Full Review…
Young viewers could certainly handle a few more harsh facts. Yet "The Elephant Queen" sets out, first and foremost, to use a narrative to build compassion. And here, a good story is as effective as a shout.
Ken Jaworowski
A gorgeously photographed and detailed portrait of an elephant herd making an arduous journey in search of water. Oct 17, 2019 | Full Review…
A gorgeously photographed and detailed portrait of an elephant herd making an arduous journey in search of water.
Frank Scheck
Despite some Disney-style anthropomorphizing, this is a transcendent story of how African elephants cope with a drought. The subtitle might have been "Ecology of a Waterhole", Nov 5, 2019 | Full Review…
Despite some Disney-style anthropomorphizing, this is a transcendent story of how African elephants cope with a drought. The subtitle might have been "Ecology of a Waterhole",
Louis Proyect
The result is a nice story about elephants but not much more, making The Elephant Queen feel a bit like a squandered opportunity. Nov 1, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
The result is a nice story about elephants but not much more, making The Elephant Queen feel a bit like a squandered opportunity.
Alissa Wilkinson
The best moments of The Elephant Queen come from when the elephants' actions on their own stir the heartstrings, complex emotions beaming off screen without anyone uttering a single word. Nov 1, 2019 | Full Review…
The best moments of The Elephant Queen come from when the elephants' actions on their own stir the heartstrings, complex emotions beaming off screen without anyone uttering a single word.
Petrana Radulovic
The powerful images are somewhat undermined by the narrative decision to protect the audience, creating a false image of a pocket of the world that humanity hasn't touched. Oct 31, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The powerful images are somewhat undermined by the narrative decision to protect the audience, creating a false image of a pocket of the world that humanity hasn't touched.
Brenden Gallagher
The Elephant Queen is messy, but it's still a worthwhile nature watch that educates viewers on how important elephants are to the biomes across which they traverse and why. Oct 29, 2019 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
The Elephant Queen is messy, but it's still a worthwhile nature watch that educates viewers on how important elephants are to the biomes across which they traverse and why.
Allison Keene
There are a lot of documentaries in 2019 that attempt to explain nature's place on this planet, but none of them do it as well as The Elephant Queen. Oct 29, 2019 | Rating: 4.25/5 | Full Review…
There are a lot of documentaries in 2019 that attempt to explain nature's place on this planet, but none of them do it as well as The Elephant Queen.
Carissa Pavlica
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