Hunting Elephants

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Hunting Elephants

2013

1h 47m

Comedy

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Three old men and a child rob a bank in Jerusalem.

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Linda Barnard

Toronto Star

Occasionally Hunting Elephants lumbers in sentimental directions, which hardly square with its Benny Hill-style sensibilities.

Rated: 2/4

Jun 11, 2015

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Tom Long

Detroit News

"Hunting Elephants" will not go down in the annals of comedy history, but at the least it will probably be the best screwball comedy heist movie mostly spoken in Hebrew in theaters this year.

Rated: B-

Jun 4, 2015

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Barbara VanDenburgh

Arizona Republic

The tired caper flick can't crack a smile, never mind a bank vault.

Rated: 2/5

May 28, 2015

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Hannah Brown

Jerusalem Post

Levi, who made Lost Islands, a melodrama that was quite popular here a few years ago, is an accomplished showman and has made an entertaining comedy.

Mar 22, 2016

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Norman Wilner

NOW Toronto

Hunting Elephants can't even be enjoyed ironically; believe me, I tried.

Rated: 1/5

Dec 18, 2015

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Elias Savada

Film International

... despite the best efforts of its cast, Hunting Elephants is a tame comedic excursion into a flimsy world of social lechery and geriatric dysfunction, albeit one that garnered seven Israeli Film Academy Awards nominations.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 10, 2015

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Required subtitles so I do not enjoy as I can’t follow it and watch picture at same time

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/22/18

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Entertaining, best of its genre including those made with big name actors

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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2/27/16 Amazon Video A cute, fun and entertaining movie with some good comedic lines that men of a certain age will enjoy and relate to. Certainly not a comedy classic but a nice light departure to the murder and mayhem of most movies.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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I LOVED this film. I thought it was hilarious and well acted. One of the best comedies I have seen. Perhaps you have to be Jewish to really get it. It got 7 nominations for awards, one of which was "Best Film." I don't understand the low ratings on the tomatometer.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Audience Member

Not quite what the trailer implied, very disjointed, could have been much better with a little script maneuvering!

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Why did people not enjoy this? Was it TOO different from the American mainstream? This was fun and enjoyable.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Synopsis

Three old men and a child rob a bank in Jerusalem.

Director: Reshef Levi
Producer: Ehud Bleiberg, Leon Edery, Moshe Edery
Screenwriter: Reshef Levi, Regev Levi
Production Co: Bleiberg Entertainment, United King Films
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: Hebrew
Release Date (DVD): Aug 11, 2015
Runtime: 1h 47m

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