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Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
Buena Vista Pictures

Whispers: An Elephant's Tale reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 30 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
1.0 out of 10
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MPAA RATING: G for General Audiences

Starring Angela Basset, Joanna Lumley, Anne Archer, and Debi Derryberry

This live-action comedy adventure tells the true story of a baby elephant, stranded in the wild, and the dangers, fun, excitement and laughter of his amazing journey towards self-discovery as he searches for his lost mother. (Walt Disney Pictures)


GENRE(S): Family/Kids  
WRITTEN BY: Dereck Joubert (also story)
Jordan Moffett
Holly Goldberg Sloan
 
DIRECTED BY: Beverly Joubert
Dereck Joubert
 
RELEASE DATE: DVD: October 23, 2001 
Video: October 23, 2001 
Theatrical: October 13, 2000 
RUNNING TIME: 72 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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63
New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
If even one audience member leaves more concerned with the evils of poachers than the pleasures of Pokemon, Disney's more than done its job.
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50
New York Post Lou Lumenick
Probably would have yielded a more interesting documentary than this sugary feature.
40
TV Guide Frank Lovece
The story's a bore; its arrhythmic stutter of humor and drama, tension and calm never builds into any coherent emotional arc.
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20
Variety Charles Isherwood
The unsophisticated, even crude result is not likely to win over too many tots.
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10
The New York Times Lawrence Van Gelder
Brilliant film of nature has been warped into something jarringly unnatural.
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Fred gave it a 1:
To call this movie atrocious would be a compliment.

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