Elephant Song

2014

Drama

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 28% · 10 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 44% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 5317 5.3K

mental institution mind game

Director

Charles Binamé Photo
Charles Binamé

Top cast

Cindy Sampson Photo
Cindy Sampson as Christelle
Colm Feore Photo
Colm Feore as Dr. James Lawrence
Bruce Greenwood Photo
Bruce Greenwood as Dr. Toby Greene
Catherine Keener Photo
Catherine Keener as Nurse Susan Peterson
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995.84 MB
1280*546
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
1000 fps
1 hr 40 min
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1.74 GB
1920*820
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
1000 fps
1 hr 40 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Buttercupsnroses 7 / 10

Could have made it an 8

This is a solid, really well acted film that requires you to pay attention if you are to find out the whole story. I find myself looking up what others wrote about it, the day after I saw it, and it is really to the film's credit that I am still thinking about it the following day. I have read reviews (not all of them here) that have erroneous information in them, particularly the reviews that are not all that great. It doesn't spell everything out for you, so if you're texting or making popcorn while you're watching it, you are going to miss something. I really liked it, but I found it sad and mournful, and wanting there to be a happy ending for the characters in the end. I recommend it if you don't need constant action to hold your attention.
Reviewed by dale-51649 5 / 10

Snotty patient harasses hospital staff with 2020 sensitbilites in a 1966 story

The story is set in 1966, but you would never know it. A psychiatric hospital has a missing staff member , and a shrink is interviewing a patient who may have had something to do with it. The young patient is about as disrespectful as someone can be, and he provokes the physician into slapping him. The doctor promptly puts his tail between his legs and begs forgiveness . This patient is so sarcastic and condesending that the interview is worthless anyway , other than to see him torment the doc in a meaningless way. SURE ! In the 60s a doctor never would have gotten to that point, He would have shut the patient up long before he talked to him like he was dirt. But if he had slapped him he certainly wouldn't have apologized, in a time when corporal punishment was routine, and if it wasnt they didn't believe kids anyway .They should have done it more MAD MAN style, where they portrayed people acting the way they did, before lawsuits, tabloids social media had adults pushed around by children and the lunatics running the nut house, literally. I couldn't take the snottiness of the patient any longer and the staff cow towing to him, so couldn't finish it. It's a sad state of movie making where they show the professionals afraid of the underaged , crazy patients, but it is the state of the world today, not 1966.
Reviewed by kluseba 7 / 10

The deject atmosphere and an outstanding main actor save a below average story

''Elephant Song'' is a rather unusual drama. Despite a rather predictable story, an unnecessarily twisted plot development and a few vapid side stories going nowhere with at best average actors and actresses, this movie is still recommendable and one of the better genre flicks of the past years. This is due to two precise elements. First of all, the movie has a numbing, nostalgic and deject atmosphere that serves as intriguing guide line. The soundtrack, the settings and the most important characters all add to this. This movie has a soul and a universe that is perhaps a little bit antiquated but still emotionally intriguing.The second and most important reason why this movie works so well is the outstanding acting performance by Xavier Dolan. He plays a fascinating character who tries to be so unpredictable that it becomes predictable, who pretends to be crazy and evil even though he knows that he is very sane and kind at heart and who ends up trying to be rational and honest even though he still is irrationally emotional and cleverly dishonest for one very precise reason. This character and this actor make an otherwise at best average or even slightly below average flick an above average psycho drama. Even though Xavier Dolan is essentially known as a young and promising French-Canadian director, I hope he will focus on his acting career as well since this is where he really shines.If you are looking for an atmospheric and slow-paced psycho drama with a fascinating main character, this is one of the best films of its kind of the decade. If you are looking for a clever plot and a diversified film, you will though end up being disappointed. With a better script and a more skilled director, Xavier Dolan could be a realistic candidate for an Academy Award for Best Actor in the near future.
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