Review of Elephant (1993) by Harris W — 31 Dec 2008

Incredible movie: originial, disturbing, beautiful... all around astounding. f-you, all you haters. lol.

This review of Elephant (1993) was written by Harris W on 31 Dec 2008.

Elephant has generally received positive reviews.

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