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  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Virgil Films & Entertainment
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Virgil Films & Entertainment
  • 1 h 24 m
One Lucky Elephant

Summary One Lucky Elephant begins with circus producer David Balding’s realization that Flora, the orphaned African elephant he adopted and made the star of his circus, is tired of performing. What unfolds is a nine-year odyssey to find Flora a good home. Caught between the human and animal world, Flora epitomizes the harsh reality elephants fac...

Directed By: Lisa Leeman

Written By: Cristina Colissimo, Lisa Leeman

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Virgil Films & Entertainment
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Virgil Films & Entertainment
  • 1 h 24 m

One Lucky Elephant

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Summary One Lucky Elephant begins with circus producer David Balding’s realization that Flora, the orphaned African elephant he adopted and made the star of his circus, is tired of performing. What unfolds is a nine-year odyssey to find Flora a good home. Caught between the human and animal world, Flora epitomizes the harsh reality elephants fac...

Directed By: Lisa Leeman

Written By: Cristina Colissimo, Lisa Leeman

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Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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77% Positive
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23% Mixed
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0% Negative
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91
Jun 9, 2011
One Lucky Elephant would make an affecting pairing with James Marsh's upcoming "Project Nim," another film about an animal treated like a human until its essential wildness made that impossible.
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80
Jun 6, 2011
A bittersweet story of man, beast and a very real relationship that makes helmer Lisa Leeman's documentary the thinking person's "Dumbo" -- and, coincidentally, one of the better kids' movies.
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75
Aug 17, 2011
Simple enough to delight a child and complex enough to baffle a philosopher.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 7, 2011
A uniquely passive reminder of the dangers of showering exotic creatures with anthropomorphic affection.
By Joseph Jon Lanthier FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 10, 2011
Succeeds as a character study, while gently raising questions about human use and misuse of animals.
By Mark Jenkins FULL REVIEW
60
Aug 18, 2011
Michael Webber's documentary "The Elephant in the Living Room" (2010) makes such a powerful case against private ownership of exotic wild animals that this portrait of circus owner David Balding and his beloved elephant Flora seems sentimental by comparison.
By J.R. Jones FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 7, 2011
That One Lucky Elephant ultimately comes down on the side of anthropomorphizing Flora and her kind is extremely disappointing - a little clear-eyed ambivalence would have helped the film feel more focused and less like patchwork.
By Keith Uhlich FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Crossover Productions, Sandbar Pictures
Release Date Jun 8, 2011
Duration 1 h 24 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline A ten thousand pound love story.
Website http://oneluckyelephant.com/
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Awards

Woodstock Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Satellite Awards
• 1 Nomination
Los Angeles Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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