Elephant

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Elephant

G

2020

1h 26m

Documentary

Nature

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African elephant Shani and her spirited son, Jomo, set out on an epic journey with their herd, traveling hundreds of miles across the vast Kalahari Desert from the Okavango delta to the Zambezi River.

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Critics Consensus

Disneynature: Elephant adds to the studio's tradition of kid-focused, beautifully photographed nature documentaries that are just engaging enough for parents.

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Robbie Collin

Daily Telegraph (UK)

11/28/2020

3/5

Elephant is set in a world without poachers, developers or tourists: the picture it paints is beautiful and educative, but doesn't feel quite complete.

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Clarisse Loughrey

Independent (UK)

08/10/2020

3/5

Though Elephant's narrative fakery is unlikely to please acolytes of David Attenborough, it's still a small thing of beauty.

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Steve Pond

TheWrap

04/13/2020

It's hard to truly buy into the idea that the film's narration is accurately describing what's going through the minds of these animals.

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Jennifer Green

Common Sense Media

12/02/2020

4/5

Nature docu has stunning visuals, positive messages, peril.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

09/07/2020

3.5/4.0

A film that largely follows the formula because it's a formula that works.

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

07/16/2020

Elephant represents some of the best of what Disneynature has to offer, and the movie accomplishes the goal of both entertaining and educating people of all ages.

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Jennifer R

@JennyR Apr 8

The elephants and scenery were great. The narration was awful and spoiled the entire movie.

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Scott C

@RT66143863 Mar 18

Elephants were great. But whoever decided for this talentless woman to narrate it, should be fired. Ruined it. Insufferable. Watch it on mute.

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JoSuddath T

@Jennifer275 Dec 14

This film is great for the whole family. Very educational.

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Violet R

@RT29792016 03/06/2025

Narration is awful. Nails on a chalkboard, Cringe! "She ruined the elephant's movie" said a little girl

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CHS s

@RT20839803 01/09/2025

The 1 star is for the elephants. Whoever the narrator was should get some training in voice and drama, she’s just not good at all

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Jack H

@RT27925413 12/17/2023

Her voice spoilt it. Shocking delivery. So inauthentic.

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Mark Linfield

Director

Meghan Markle

Narrator

Mark Linfield

Writer

David Fowler

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Vanessa Berlowitz

Producer

Roy Conli

Producer

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Synopsis

African elephant Shani and her spirited son, Jomo, set out on an epic journey with their herd, traveling hundreds of miles across the vast Kalahari Desert from the Okavango delta to the Zambezi River.

Director: Mark Linfield
Producer: Vanessa Berlowitz, Roy Conli, Mark Linfield
Screenwriter: Mark Linfield, David Fowler
Distributor: Disney+
Production Co: Disneynature
Rating: G
Genre: Documentary, Nature
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 9, 2020
Runtime: 1h 26m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital