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  • 2008
  • R
  • Unison Films
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2008
  • R
  • Unison Films
  • 1 h 32 m

Summary "The Elephant King" is a provocative and stirring story of two American brothers, Oliver and Jake Hunt, adrift in an exotic world they don't fully understand. A domineering mother dispatches her young, introverted son Oliver off to Thailand to do everything he can to lure his reckless, older brother back home to the US to face pending fr...

Directed By: Seth Grossman

Written By: Seth Grossman

  • 2008
  • R
  • Unison Films
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2008
  • R
  • Unison Films
  • 1 h 32 m

The Elephant King

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary "The Elephant King" is a provocative and stirring story of two American brothers, Oliver and Jake Hunt, adrift in an exotic world they don't fully understand. A domineering mother dispatches her young, introverted son Oliver off to Thailand to do everything he can to lure his reckless, older brother back home to the US to face pending fr...

Directed By: Seth Grossman

Written By: Seth Grossman

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Oliver's instant switch from bespectacled nerd to Thai-stick smoking, love-struck tourist is more embarrassing than convincing, as is the film's reliance on literally elephant-heavy symbolism.
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Vaguely pitched somewhere between indie-gritty and predictably conventional, the film struggles to strike a manageable equilibrium, much as its characters attempt to navigate the prospects and pitfalls of a footloose life overseas.
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Director-writer Seth Grossman provides a lazy narrative, with stereotypical characters and plot.
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Tells a colorful if conventional tale of dysfunctional Americans abroad. The misadventures of Jake and Oliver play off against the conflicted sympathies of the locals, who simultaneously resent, enjoy, prosper from and exploit the tourist scene.
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Equivalent to a crummy band with a monster of a drummer who convinces you to stay for the whole show anyways.
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The film may be too mainstream for arthouses, and too arty for the mall.
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Production Company Unison Films, De Warrenne Pictures
Release Date Oct 17, 2008
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating R
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Awards

Sacramento International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Brooklyn International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Park City Film Music Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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