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Elephant (2003)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B+ Source Brief Review Grade* Boston Globe Wesley Morris "There are many things in the brave new Gus Van Sant movie, Elephant, that I won't soon forget..." more... A   Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert "It simply looks at the day as it unfolds, and that is a brave and radical act..." more... A   Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington "...an exercise in voyeurism and a trancelike plunge into the dark side of American teen life that can both fascinate and repel you." more... B   filmcritic.com Rachel Gordon "...(Gus) Van Sant has managed to create an ensemble portrait of one of the toughest time periods in everyone’s life." more... B   New York Post Lou Lumenick "...audacious, poetic and emotionally distanced..." more... B   Rolling Stone Peter Travers "...unique and unforgettable..." more... A- San Francisco Chronicle Ruthe Stein "Van Sant was brave to make this movie..." more... B+ Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold "...what the film does extremely well is take us deep into the crime scene..." more... B   * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)