Review of Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story (2018) by Scott R — 05 Aug 2018

A MUST SEE!! Enlightening & very well done!

This review of Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story (2018) was written by Scott R on 05 Aug 2018.

Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Brad Newsome (24) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 28 Aug 2018

An important film that will fill you with admiration for Chailert, who has risked her life and freedom to expose the abuse of elephants…

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By Brian Thompson (55) for The Young Folks (1,024) on 26 Apr 2018

It's at times a heart-warming tale and it certainly comes from a place of ethical accountability, but Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story barely…

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By Pat C (51) on 19 Apr 2018

This documentary is so riveting. I had no idea that elephants are all trained in such a horrific manner…

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By Leonard Maltin (609) for leonardmaltin.com (584) on 08 May 2018

Love & Elephants has a message to impart but it's never preachy or pedantic. It accomplishes its goals with heartfelt enthusiasm…

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By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 22 May 2018

Lek gives Love & Bananas humanity, but Bell's personality and enthusiasm is contagious, inviting us into the film. We root right along with her…

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By Brian Costello (333) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 08 Oct 2018

Poignant but intense docu on plight of Asian elephants…

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By Michael M (3,845) on 23 Apr 2018

Lek Chailert answered questions at the screening of Love & Bananas at the Frida Theater in Santa Ana showing how well this movie captures her…

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By Frank Scheck (1,741) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 25 Apr 2018

Anyone who loves elephants (and if you don't, I want nothing to do with you...seriously) is bound to adore Ashley Bell's deeply affecting documentary…

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By Jeanne Kaplan (738) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 26 Apr 2018

Bell has done an exemplary job bringing the truth of what these animals face every day --- and their unforgivable mistreatment --- to the forefront…

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By Pamela C (57) on 23 Apr 2018

Absolutely unbelievably good! This movie doesn't feel like a documentary, it feels like a drama/thriller/comedy…

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