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The Elephant Queen

The Elephant Queen

2019

Mark Deeble, Victoria Stone

Documentary

7.2

77

Documentary Enter Athena, a charismatic giant tusker with an unmistakable attitude. Earning the respect of her extended family by ruling with loving practicality, Athena knows that the fate of her herd is on her shoulders. When faced with a drought, Athena must weigh whether to lead her family from the water hole they call home out into the badlands in search of food and water, knowing that the smallest elephants may not be strong enough to complete the trip. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Scott Tobias Variety	"'The Elephant Queen' adheres too closely to the parameters of family-friendly nature docs, and the formula doesn’t always serve it well (...) [Deeble] gets spectacularly intimate and beautiful shots"	NEU
United States	Kimber Myers Los Angeles Times	"The documentary doesn’t hesitate to reveal the dangerous reality facing elephants and the other animals, offering a frank look at their existence in a film that’s as entertaining as it is moving."	POS
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"Gorgeously photographed, but occasionally lapses into cutesiness."	NEU
United States	Ken Jaworowski The New York Times	"[It] sets out, first and foremost, to use a narrative to build compassion. And here, a good story is as effective as a shout."	POS
United States	Simon Abrams The Wrap	"[It] isn’t as tonally stable, nor as thematically cogent as it could have been, but it does feature some child-appropriate scenes"	NEU

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