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Elephant

Elephant

2003
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
1h 21m
Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.

Directed by:

Gus Van Sant

Screenwriter:

Gus Van Sant

Starring:

Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, John Robinson, Elias McConnell, Jordan Taylor, Carrie Finklea, Nicole George, Larry Laverty, Matt Malloy, Timothy Bottoms, Ellis Williams

Genres:

Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Crime

Country:

USA

Languages:

English, German
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Elephant

2003
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
1h 21m
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Rated 08 Aug 2009
86
79th
Let's get this out of the way: if you complain about this being boring, or uninteresting, or just shots of people walking, you're a giant fucking idiot and don't get it. ARGH NOW I'M TOO ANGRY TO FINISH THE REVIEW WHY IS THE HIGHEST-RATED REVIEW ON HERE ONE BITCHING ABOUT THE LACK OF EMOTIONAL ENGAGEMENT, ARE YOU STUPID, ARE YOU ACTUALLY STUPID
Rated 08 Aug 2009
tds4aTds4a
Rated 07 Aug 2009
3
79th
It feels like the camera is constantly searching for answers, but is completely unable to find any. It makes you feel hopeless because you're totally unable to understand how these things can happen.
Rated 07 Aug 2009
indyatmnINDYATMN
Rated 24 Feb 2010
0
0th
100% pure, uncut, certified Arthouse Bullsh-t. Certain people (esp. Cannes Film Fest juries) love2 sniff around essentially blank slates like this& crap out their own interpretations of "meaning", "significance" &other words ur forced to put quotes on. It's an easy game2 play since there's no there there. But it's still a case of Film Theory types discussing the Emperor's New Clothes. If there's anything worse than H'wood's calculated garbage it's pretentious, belligerently dull "art" like this
Rated 24 Feb 2010
ytadelYtadel
Rated 14 Aug 2007
5
57th
Tracking Shots of People's Backs as They Walk Away from the Camera: The Movie
Rated 14 Aug 2007
teddedonTedDedon
Rated 18 Mar 2007
42
13th
Elephant is a horribly boring movie that has zero emotional engagement despite its incredibly important subject matter. You'd think a movie of this sort would have to do very little to be thoroughly involving and incredibly tense, yet Elephant manages to be absolutely awful on both of those fronts. It's not a recommendable film in any way, shape, or form.
Rated 18 Mar 2007
snakefood89SNAKEFOOD89
Rated 03 Feb 2009
86
83rd
As cheesy as it is to say, movie was 'Haunting'. Great camera work by Van Sant here. Stories mesh beautifully, authentic feel, very shocking and brutal climax or more-the-like an anticlimax that you never really see what's coming until the pieces finally piece together at the end. In closing, great one-time watch with very realistic high school portrayal. Watch to understand the man Gus Van but not for an enjoyable blockbuster non-art student film filled evening.
Rated 03 Feb 2009
moribunnyMoribunny
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
84th
Van Sant is a filmmaker with one foot in the mainstream and the other in art. This, inspired by the Columbine High Massacre, is definitely an art movie. It's more than a nod to Alan Clarke's Elephant. It takes Clarke's use of tracking shots to new extremes, but is more tame in that it has some dialogue, at least a semblance of a plot and gives at least a clue as to what's going on. Anyway it's very well made, realistic and shocking. A powerful, relevant rehashing of someone else's idea.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
backwardsuitbackwardsuit
Rated 26 Jun 2019
59
21st
Exploitation can have artistic merit but when art feels exploitative I generally find it harder to deal with. This minimalist experiment is too interesting to label pretentious (especially regarding time & perspective) but too reserved to feel quite right. Its callous indecision can be seen as an earnest attempt to avoid simplification or as misguided alienation of charaters & events (different to a depiction of alienation) that only serves to exploit the all too real horror of not knowing why.
Rated 26 Jun 2019
whatismynamewhatismyname
Rated 14 Apr 2009
45
8th
Most of the actors seemed to just play stereotypical characters you see in other high school films; asshole jock, deranged lunatic, puking drama queens, guy with camera taking pictures of everything.. For an 81 minute film, it sure dragged on forever, and when the film finally started to get interesting, they switch to another kid whose life seems to have no value and we watch more mundaneness. A film on this subject matter and not once any emotional feelings.
Rated 14 Apr 2009
tripleshTripleSH
Rated 09 Feb 2009
40
25th
This is a really hard movie to rate. I get it; I really do. The movie has a very powerful statement, and the fact that it looks like such an indie film only accentuates the power of the message. However, the execution is just flat out cancerous to the film itself: the acting is poor, the camera shots (while they are a testament to the art of a long, drawn-out camera shot) are way too long, and the format of the film takes away from the viewer's ability to really care about what happens.
Rated 09 Feb 2009
amerigoamerigo
Rated 08 Jul 2007
60
8th
A shallow and talentless attempt at an "artsy" film.
Rated 08 Jul 2007
twincinematwincinema
Rated 12 Nov 2023
90
92nd
I watched this as a teen, and really disliked because it was boring. I still think I was correct, but now I like this film! It achieves a state of boredom and mundanity, because it's a snapshot of a regular day in these people's lives. The horror of this film, which after an hour of narrative circling finally comes, is the banality of evil. Van Sant does offer some explanations, but he doesn't commit to any of them. These are just two kids. That's it.
Rated 12 Nov 2023
juntakinte99juntakinte99
Rated 02 Aug 2021
80
65th
Elephant was marketed as an apolitical antidote to Bowling for Columbine and Michael Moore's damning commentary on the Littleton massacre. Ironically, that lack of point-of-view holds the film back. Still, Van Sant goes to his greatest skill as a filmmaker: art school experimentation made accessible in a mainstream movie. His artistry creates a brooding picture imbued with a sense of unease as you await the horror about to unfold. Recommended, although perhaps too avant-garde given the topic.
Rated 02 Aug 2021
yiannosYiannos
Rated 14 May 2018
68
66th
Elephant is a middlebrow quasi-art film catering to aesthetically conservative Anglophones, but on the other hand there is a concerted effort to make some kind of sense of a tragedy rooted in a specific social pathology. It was a HBO production, so it was never going to be as radical as it should have been, but Savides' camera patiently glides through empty school hallways, emphasising the dislocation of youngsters raised in a rootless world. Van Sant's avoidance of agitprop is commendable.
Rated 14 May 2018
syntheseizurSyntheseizur
Rated 06 Apr 2014
80
59th
Acutely terrifying. I'm questioning if what it says needs to be said, but it's so striking that I don't want to overthink it. It's a visceral exercise in perspective; minimalism shouldn't be mistaken for simplicity.
Rated 06 Apr 2014
dwheedwhee
Rated 29 Nov 2008
25
21st
This left me with a bad taste in my mouth. The cast of child actors, most of whom play themselves, seems very uncomfortable in front of the camera. The takes are absurdly long, and rather than making me feel like I'm trapped in a boring day of high school, they just left me bored. On top of it, they repeat scenes (specifically the uneventful ones) several times from different perspectives. And at the end- surprise! School shooting. Definitely the longest hour and 20 minute movie I've watched.
Rated 29 Nov 2008
ihatemoviesIHateMovies
Rated 12 Nov 2008
80
46th
A mixture of fantastic visual and sound design with a narrative that is wholly disappointing. Perhaps if Van Sant had given us a reason to care about anyone who dies (other than perhaps Elias) we wouldn't be left raising an eyebrow as the final scene pulls the curtain.
Rated 12 Nov 2008
billyshearsBillyShears
Rated 15 Mar 2008
20
2nd
Faggy
Rated 15 Mar 2008
rockwellrockwell
Rated 14 Aug 2007
40
11th
a movie someone can only watch on fast forward
Rated 14 Aug 2007
martintellerMartinTeller
Rated 14 Aug 2007
59
15th
Interesting but not very enlightening. I prefer Gerry, but points for doing something bold and different.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
mcawesomemcawesome
Rated 14 Aug 2007
5
0th
Most worthless waste of film ever. Not given a 0 because I guess it has pretty people in it or something.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
djrossdjross
Rated 20 Feb 2007
70
78th
Utterly flat, but in the end strangely affecting. Suggests that the possibility of such a transgression lies in the destruction of children's affective capacities, individual but also collective – that is, in the ruin of the ability not only to feel but to interact. And that this is a pathology which is not confined to the perpetrators. But we are, perhaps inevitably, left to wonder about the root causes of this sociopathology.
Rated 20 Feb 2007
deaddillydeaddilly
Rated 15 Jul 2024
90
94th
Alluring depiction of teenage irrationality and innocence in the context of exploring the mysterious anatomy of a tragedy. Gus builds and destroys this sensual and strange world so incredibly well in just 80 minutes.
Rated 15 Jul 2024
rihreyrihrey
Rated 03 Jan 2024
68
91st
I really enjoyed the part when the elephant showed up.
Rated 03 Jan 2024
margustaMargusTa
Rated 21 Jan 2021
84
82nd
Brilliantly made movie from Van Sant. Its not a wonder that movie won the main award in Cannes FF. Made like a documentary, movie doesn't have a certain plot. Just follows schoolchildren in their every (tragic) day life.
Rated 21 Jan 2021
ralytoralyto
Rated 08 Jan 2021
60
13th
I didn't really like this movie. It was completely empty, a shell of a movie. The characters are all shallow. The actors are not particularly good, but there is not much for them to portray anyway. The long shots of a person walking and the camera panning around in funny ways are probably impressive because I see people praising them, but they didn't do anything for me. Maybe I would have felt differently if I had seen it back in 2003, but I feel like I gained absolutely nothing from this film.
Rated 08 Jan 2021
despovoadordespovoador
Rated 24 Feb 2020
55
30th
god this + lords of dogtown made me develop SUCH a crush on john robinson back then........... and i didn't even realise it was the same guy lmao
Rated 24 Feb 2020
silent_discosilent disco
Rated 30 Jan 2020
80
73rd
There's much to say about the problems existing around the recurrence of mass shootings, but in terms of how to depict it with emotional honesty, Van Sant got it right, all the while most just kept giving the story credit to the one with the gun. You can't say that has absolutely nothing to do with why these people keep putting their faces in the camera's view, it's the darkest form of celebrity after all. Don't even entertain them as stars, or else you may let them burn out bright.
Rated 30 Jan 2020
picklemanPickle_Man
Rated 28 Dec 2019
90
78th
The production value suggests Elephant could have been a student film from one of it's characters, except for the fact that the tracking steadycam work comprising much of the film is brilliant.
Rated 28 Dec 2019
fenixdownfenixdown
Rated 14 Nov 2018
70
36th
Does a great job showing how we develop a false sense of security.
Rated 14 Nov 2018
scacescace
Rated 09 Dec 2017
95
72nd
A Gus Van Sant film deserves a viewing. No definitive answers are provided as to the motives of Elephant. John Robinson is so beautiful he commands involuntary attention. Elephant's action, though perhaps slow, will provoke comment by all who see it.
Rated 09 Dec 2017
jasoo2jasoo2
Rated 18 Jun 2016
25
5th
Amateurishly directed with protracted aimless scenes that do nothing to advance the plot, character development, theme, or any other elements of story. An occasional series of title cards with characters' names similarly achieves nothing more than to pay homage to Reservoir Dogs. The use of non sequential time is an annoying and, again, unjustified gimmick. The acting is mediocre and, in places, poor.
Rated 18 Jun 2016
barraocBarraoc
Rated 15 Aug 2015
70
64th
Terrifying in how ordinary it all feels before it all kicks off. A brilliant case for home schooling.
Rated 15 Aug 2015
macswellMacSwell
Rated 27 Sep 2014
90
93rd
Powerful and chilling, Van Sant's Columbine-inspired feature starts slowly, establishing the everyday lives of several students with long tracking shots that show the relative normality of high school life, all the time building tension for the inevitable second act. It's authentic and deeply unsettling, with the bland setting and largely unknown cast fuelling the sense that this could be happening at almost any high school in America.
Rated 27 Sep 2014
farzanFarzan
Rated 23 Jun 2014
61
47th
Van Sant really knew what he was doing when making Elephant, but at the same time, it was not my type of film. I found it to be boring, however; Van Sant really created a remarkably intimate vision of the horrors of the all too common school shooting. I grasped everything I needed to grasp from Elephant, and although I found it insipid, it is not a film I will forget.
Rated 23 Jun 2014
disasterDisaster
Rated 27 Mar 2014
77
48th
Eerie.
Rated 27 Mar 2014
redactedredacted
Rated 27 Jan 2014
72
52nd
Gus floats us through the lead up to & eventual occurrence of a high school massacre. Pointing a sight or two at a few potential inflammatories along the way. He took a swipe at the usual video game angle, the more unique societal conditioning angle & a brief example of teenage bullying. I was just thinking he should withhold bringing his stock gay sequence to the table as that would mean it could also be used as critical fodd..and they're making out in the shower..damn it Gus.
Rated 27 Jan 2014
baggerBagger
Rated 14 Aug 2013
75
63rd
Van Sants stylistic choice of making this an overt "reverse-First Person Shooter" is nothing short of ingenious. The characters are little more than ciphers, walking player character types based on outlines of high school stereotypes, but this provides us with just enough to empathize (or despise). And theres something to be said for a movie that can make me briefly despise a culture and mourn a tragedy so throroughly, without anyone crying at the camera. Even if said culture is The US.
Rated 14 Aug 2013
gr8googlyGr8Googly
Rated 08 Jan 2013
75
53rd
Hard to watch doesn't begin to describe it.
Rated 08 Jan 2013
whorrificwhorrific
Rated 13 May 2012
35
8th
a giant WTF
Rated 13 May 2012
jordandcfcJordanDcFc
Rated 29 Feb 2012
45
11th
Some stereotypes talk mundane bullshit and then get shot by other stereotypes. Van Sant said he wanted to present it not as a movie but more a realistic depiction of what really happened and that would be fine if it had something to say beyond that or maybe if some of these kids could fucking act. It's boring, pretentious and self indulgent. Gains some points for not being overly melodramatic and brave.
Rated 29 Feb 2012
comepeliculacomepelicula
Rated 31 Jan 2012
70
72nd
A portrait of a terrible tragedy, this movie really gets you into the atmosphere and you feel in a dehumanize environment.
Rated 31 Jan 2012
sonrisaSonrisa
Rated 12 Dec 2011
100
99th
Można się tylko gapić.
Rated 12 Dec 2011
alex_watkinsAlex Watkins
Rated 12 Sep 2011
2
15th
It's interesting, and the final sequence is powerful, but it's also rather banal and reductive (especially that on-the-nose "don't bully us" monologue Alex gives the principal), so my feelings are rather mixed. Whether I should dock it or give it credit for ripping off Satantango's overlapping structure and long takes is another question.
Rated 12 Sep 2011
ocelotOcelot
Rated 10 Apr 2011
30
22nd
The people saying they didn't feel an emotional connection are inhuman monsters, not unlike Alex and Eric. We connect because we're people, and death at the hands of a monster is scary to everyone, except maybe the monsters themselves. The problem with the film is that for this very reason we don't need to spend an hour meandering around the high school. It's solid, if slightly misguided.
Rated 10 Apr 2011
nothingsgoodNothingsGood
Rated 05 Apr 2011
0
1st
Terrible, terrible movie with terrible acting, terrible writing, terrible direction and terrible everything else.
Rated 05 Apr 2011
drawkward86drawkward86
Rated 06 Jan 2011
95
89th
Probably the closest anyone will ever get to making sense of Columbine, simply because it doesn't try to make sense of it. GVS understands that that's a dead-end road. To call it irresponsible is to be blind not only to that, but to the meaning of the real-life shootings and their aftermath. The lack of real actors among the cast can be distracting, but it's better than the alternative, and gives it chilling authenticity. This is the only high school I've ever seen on film that felt real.
Rated 06 Jan 2011
pompousasspompousass
Rated 20 Nov 2010
40
71st
It's hard to see how this treatment of the topic could arouse, let alone satisfy, anybody's curiosity about it. Hard to see, that is, how it tells us anything more about it than that the flow of life got interrupted that day by two kids with no understanding of what life is. It does have something to tell us, on the other hand, about how a sense of the flow of life can be achieved on screen: long shots, long takes, no dramatic inflection or punctuation, a disinterested point of view.
Rated 20 Nov 2010
domahdomah
Rated 31 May 2010
30
13th
Did not care for this movie at all; seemed (to me) to be very self-indulgent.
Rated 31 May 2010
moraesfelipemoraesfelipe
Rated 16 Nov 2009
94
97th
An absorbing, hypnotizing and quietly delicate feature, a sort of Columbine fiction, I could say. One of the best of this decade, no doubt of that.
Rated 16 Nov 2009
aabrairaaabraira
Rated 21 Aug 2009
80
27th
Unresolved and appropriate.
Rated 21 Aug 2009
fivalgfivalg
Rated 13 Aug 2009
10
6th
I suppose this is an attempt at uber-realism but as a viewer what you see is a bunch of long shots of students walking down long halls with no dialogue, no characters and no plot until the obvious and unwanted ending. Nothing of interest here, don't waste your time.
Rated 13 Aug 2009
anselmi86Anselmi86
Rated 02 Aug 2009
96
96th
A truly heart-stopping film experience. Van Sant takes realism to another level and paints a portrait that anyone who went to high school in this decade could find something to relate to. Incredible tracking shots.
Rated 02 Aug 2009
ediblenapalmediblenapalm
Rated 20 May 2009
100
96th
The heartbreaking cumulative power of this movie will have you spellbound long after the end credits have rolled. Van Sant has created a stark, horrifying glimpse into the fallibility of life, consequences, and the human condition. When the carnage has subsided, he asks the very question likely to be on his audience's mind: why? Van Sant is at just as much of a loss as the rest of society on the answer. This is candid, sumptuously layered, unspeakably authentic, and, finally, devastating.
Rated 20 May 2009
jebJeb
Rated 06 Apr 2009
86
73rd
Gus Van Sant reveals and exposes the dark secrets of school chaos with Elephant, a sentimentally unsettling and uncompromising film dealing with different academic complications inside and outside of the building: Bullies, fights and such more that I will not explain. It also helms a recurring moral within bonds between father and son, that is strongly binded by insightful looks of youth violence and a tragedic shooting incident. The flaws? An eye-brow raising final scene and it's a bit boring.
Rated 06 Apr 2009
obdurateObdurate
Rated 27 Jul 2008
85
81st
It's not for everyone. Watching a bunch of teens be teens, from different perspectives, over and over again. It's based on Columbine but instead of trying to tell you why it happened, it tries to be as objective as possible and is a strong movie because of it.
Rated 27 Jul 2008
luna6ixLuna6ix
Rated 19 May 2008
42
4th
Gus Van Sant tries to cash in on the tragedy of school shootings in the United States and ends up making a terrible film, with terrible writing and some truly bad actors. One might even call it...tragic.
Rated 19 May 2008
manhattaManhatta
Rated 03 Jan 2008
63
32nd
It felt a bit like a Haneke film, but I couldn't help but find the kids kind of annoying, due primarily to the acting. Once you lose that you lose the impact. This was the right way to tell this story, just get the professionals next time to portray it.
Rated 03 Jan 2008
halfjapaneseHalfJapanese
Rated 31 Dec 2007
65
30th
It's an interesting premise that's uniquely filmed, but it mostly feels boring.
Rated 31 Dec 2007
jarmannJarmann
Rated 08 Nov 2007
87
88th
A quiet scream...wow.
Rated 08 Nov 2007
harukoHaruko
Rated 28 Oct 2007
77
82nd
More of a mood than a movie. Beautiful images, loved the long camera drives. A brave subject to take upon. Interresting how some people find the gay scene out of place, for me it felt some how just right to make the movie complete.
Rated 28 Oct 2007
oedipaxOedipax
Rated 14 Aug 2007
100
96th
Van Sant's finest.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
mrbeckmrbeck
Rated 14 Aug 2007
40
7th
Maybe I'm just not an artsy-enough guy, but I didn't particularly like this film. That's about all I've got to say. It dealt with an important current issue and all, but don't feel like you're missing anything if you don't watch it.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
uksubsUKSubs
Rated 14 Aug 2007
91
91st
Elephant is perhaps the most intense film I have ever seen. Gus Van Sant pieces together a compelling story and makes incredible use of silence and distance in movies to create a movie that must be watched full concentration to be truly enjoyed.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
fudgiebfudgieb
Rated 14 Aug 2007
89
65th
Frightening.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
brokentoothBrokenTooth
Rated 14 Aug 2007
20
0th
This movie sucks. Gus Van Sant out did himself with this movie. It is as if he wondered if he could make a movie worse than the Pyscho remake. Mission accomplished Gus.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
doctor7doctor7
Rated 14 Aug 2007
61
39th
Long and drawn out shots end up being a viewer endurance test rather than symbolic. When things are happening on screen they're entralling but there's far too much excessive downtime in between to make this a really enjoyable film.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
woozybWoozyB
Rated 14 Jun 2007
70
32nd
Some great shots and moments, but totally irresponsible filmmaking, that fails to address why the characters are the way they are, or how it feels to be a victim of a school shooting.
Rated 14 Jun 2007
owen1218owen1218
Rated 29 May 2007
75
66th
Gets extra points for the very natural dialogue.
Rated 29 May 2007
fooliomFoolioM
Rated 01 Apr 2007
39
24th
There are a lot of notorious, three named renegades in history: John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, Marcus Junius Brutus. Welcome home, Gus.
Rated 01 Apr 2007
brrrpbrrrp
Rated 19 Feb 2024
60
39th
There is not much discernible purpose to Van Sant's showing us this and ultimately it's a very superficial film. Throwing Nazism into the mix did not help in that regard. All the same, it's a rare treat to experience densely layered sound design of such extraordinary sensitivity, resulting in some very sensuous scenes.
Rated 19 Feb 2024
shockularSHOCKULAR
Rated 12 Dec 2023
75
56th
The Columbine High School massacre was the first massive school shooting that really got sensationalized (maybe one of the first period), and was certainly the one that made the biggest impact on me growing up. I don't think there was ever another school day where I didn't worry about it at least a little. This was a difficult watch for that reason, but it effectively tells the story and makes good choices (the long tracking shots, nonlinear choices, etc.) Sad that it's even worse now.
Rated 12 Dec 2023
darrenDarren
Rated 31 Aug 2023
85
85th
Photographed beautifully by Savides. As if Akerman or Tarr had made a school shooter movie the camera lingers and frames whatever truth it wants. We sit patiently waiting for the violence, for the provocation and to see if he gives proper “compassion” to those killed on that day. We are flys on the wall watching Van Sant interpret and disassemble a new American Icon much like he had in Psycho and he did with Cobain in Last Days. https://boringculture.substack.com/p/weekly-roundup-6
Rated 31 Aug 2023
panzerwolfpanzerwolf
Rated 09 Jun 2023
55
25th
There were some things I liked, such as parts of the cinematography and the interesting sound design. But the acting is poor. Some reactions seemed outright strange as did some of the lines. Plot-wise there's not much going on other than kids going to school and you kind of try to get to know them but they remain superficial, existing just for the endgame. A frustrating movie because the concept felt visceral, but it just didn't get there.
Rated 09 Jun 2023
mrcimrci
Rated 09 Jun 2022
68
61st
"Szanuje tempo, chłód, długie ujęcia, brak moralizatorstwa. Świetne, mroźne kino." Cold dark piece of cinema, great shots and execution.
Rated 09 Jun 2022
lintonmyroxylintonmyroxy
Rated 10 Nov 2021
86
61st
I really wanted the blonde kid to be one of the shooters. Idk why the opening 20 mins are spent with him or why he and that girl are on the cover. I understand GVS didn't want to try to give an explanation for the shooters' actions, but he still could've characterized them. I hope having them watch a Hitler documentary was not his attempt at it, but there sure isn't any other reason for including it. However, the same could be said for most of the movie
Rated 10 Nov 2021
mel666Mel666
Rated 29 Mar 2021
90
43rd
5.5/10
Rated 29 Mar 2021
voneverecvoneverec
Rated 13 Feb 2017
60
31st
sevmeyenler sıkıcı bulmuş ama ben sıkılmadım. aksine yaratılan sıradan bir lisede sıradan bir gün atmosferi hoşuma bile gitti ama her şey aşşşırı yüzeysel işlenmiş hem karakterler hem olaylar yönetmen sanırım ince göndermelere ve sembollere fazla takılıp filmin kendisini unutmuş. misal kürdan kollu liseliler kocaman silahları tek elle tutup geri tepmesiz ateş ediyor filmde böyle çok özensiz iş var dolayısıyla hikaye de yüzeysel kalıp etkilemiyor
Rated 13 Feb 2017
rymRYM
Rated 29 Mar 2015
68
67th
3.41/5
Rated 29 Mar 2015
lazyotterlazyotter
Rated 02 Feb 2015
74
43rd
first part of elephant i cant keep my eyes open, second part is fine but its not that expressive as that should be.
Rated 02 Feb 2015
p_u_l_pP u l p
Rated 20 Aug 2014
84
94th
Troubles are like having an elephant in your living room.
Rated 20 Aug 2014
andyviewsAndyviews
Rated 17 Aug 2014
75
53rd
It was alright. Nice camera tricks, it's just that teenagers are so fucking boring holy fucking shit
Rated 17 Aug 2014
fromenbergFromenberg
Rated 04 Jan 2014
32
2nd
If it's milk or my own private Idaho it's fine but when you just throw a gay sex scene just cause it takes you from filmmaker to perve with camera
Rated 04 Jan 2014
mapplethorpeMapplethorpe
Rated 27 Dec 2013
3
15th
Astoundingly well-shot, but terribly acted and rather dull. Every character is a high school stereotype, also.
Rated 27 Dec 2013
mistersplicemistersplice
Rated 23 Dec 2013
50
28th
5- worth experiencing, alright
Rated 23 Dec 2013
alienindieAlienIndie
Rated 28 Oct 2013
94
97th
Gives off similar melancholic feeling and ambivalence about living or dying as Death Note (the anime). I really like how the killers motives are left ambiguous, it leaves open the possibility that they have suffered horrible injustices. Like most killers have, like the fact or not.
Rated 28 Oct 2013
mrblueskymrbluesky
Rated 11 Oct 2013
85
65th
Did anyone realise why the movie named elephant? Beside to the scens, the scenerio has no relativity to name of the movie.
Rated 11 Oct 2013
ddrudgesd_drudges
Rated 09 Oct 2013
50
56th
Well directed and beautifully shot, but as a movie rather pointless. Gus Van Sant flat out refuses to point any fingers or get caught saying anything at all and so a school shooting goes by with a mere shrug.
Rated 09 Oct 2013
glm01glm01
Rated 07 Oct 2013
75
51st
75.000
Rated 07 Oct 2013
troothTrooth
Rated 09 May 2013
70
54th
It was kind of interesting how there were some really long shots, just following somebody as they walk through a hallway, and it made me think "wow I bet the director has some cool artistic reason for doing that." Turns out it's based on when he tried playing a video game, and he thought it was interesting how you had to walk your character everywhere, and you didn't just cut to a new location at one point like in a movie....... So hey, does anyone in this school actually go to class?
Rated 09 May 2013
wetwillieswetwillies
Rated 25 Apr 2013
90
80th
Movie 1400. I found this one quite effective. The long takes throughout the hallways are mesmerizing and brilliant and the film's oddly bright aesthetic is genius when it comes to immediately establishing mood. It's not a film without issues, but it totally works.
Rated 25 Apr 2013
raiperaipe
Rated 07 Apr 2013
32
24th
Boring as hell
Rated 07 Apr 2013
neonmanNeonman
Rated 03 Apr 2013
85
81st
Brilliantly covers several possible catalysts as to why teenagers result in such brutal and fatal outbursts of violence, but does not risk making any rash conclusions. UPDATE '24: Seems far less about a mass shooting, and more about the criss-crossing of various lives that are forced together (in this case, in a school setting). It does this earnestly and successfully, and feels like a genuine reflection of teens in this age, and is also extremely well filmed.
Rated 03 Apr 2013
bellafilmbellafilm
Rated 03 Mar 2013
89
94th
I really enjoyed it and as a film-maker i was hugely inspired by it.
Rated 03 Mar 2013
hsncrspywlhsncrspywl
Rated 24 Feb 2013
95
95th
Chilling. I guess it's a tribute to Alan Clarke's Elephant in many ways, but there's shades of Bela Tarr here too. I like how the film is slow, and tense - it creates a natural feeling of dread that isn't cheap or exploitative. It doesn't answer any questions either - nothing is left particularly clear. It evokes time, place and emotion, while being detached enough to allow that emotion to come from the audience rather than pandering. It's great but I never want to see it again.
Rated 24 Feb 2013
12yots12yots
Rated 04 Jan 2013
75
22nd
Meh. How is it critically acclaimed, there's nothing to it, just some controversy. And what's the deal with gay theme? It's probably just a nice thing to call that a school shooter.
Rated 04 Jan 2013
susie_mauvesusie-mauve
Rated 29 Oct 2012
82
56th
Real nice manner of reconstructing the story. A tad tedious, but there's meaning in that - it's as tedious as highschool kid's life, all tense waiting for it to happen.
Rated 29 Oct 2012
brandonsbrandons
Rated 12 Jul 2012
74
59th
Van Sant's least 'show-offy', most personal, best picture in years, and an honorable attempt at respectfully considering the unbearable.
Rated 12 Jul 2012
iyisinekiyisinek
Rated 30 Jun 2012
72
54th
okul, şiddet, school shooting, mobing, okul baskini, bilgisayar oyunu, escinsellik, uzun sahneler, karaketerlerin sirala tanitilmasi, farkli bakis acilari
Rated 30 Jun 2012
bolivarbolivar
Rated 20 Jun 2012
75
75th
partly terrific; partly just weird and unnecessary. I loved the pov perspective that really came true with the camera work. there are some unnecessary scenes: gay kiss, long piano playing scene, throwing up in the toilet, black guy acting really unrealistic. parts of the acting is quite bad, unfortunately. ended up with the feeling: what could Haneke have done of this?
Rated 20 Jun 2012

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