Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story

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Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story

Released Apr 27, 2018

1h 17m

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Ashley Bell and a team of elephant rescuers led by Asian elephant conservationist Lek Chailert embark on a daring 48-hour mission across Thailand to rescue a 70-year-old captive Asian elephant and lead it to freedom.

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Brad Newsome

Sydney Morning Herald

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

Aug 29, 2018

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G. Allen Johnson

San Francisco Chronicle

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

Rated: 4/4

May 23, 2018

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Leonard Maltin

leonardmaltin.com

Love & Elephants has a message to impart but it's never preachy or pedantic. It accomplishes its goals with heartfelt enthusiasm. What more could one ask of a documentary?

May 9, 2018

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Katie Hogan

She Likes Movies

A brilliant documentary, full of emotion and passion at all the right moments, its hard not to fall in love with these animals.

Jan 29, 2020

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Brian Costello

Common Sense Media

Poignant but intense docu on plight of Asian elephants.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 28, 2019

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Brian Thompson

The Young Folks

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 skims the surface of its subject matter.

Rated: 5/10

Apr 27, 2018

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Everyone who visits an elephant tourist attraction should watch this to see how elephants are trained.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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I "love" this you'll go 🍌 for it !

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Audience Member

This film spreads out a very important message to educate the world about the precarious situation of elephants. The director does not go too deep into the ways they are tortured in order to allow to be ridden, to paint, to perform in circuses, etc. But she does show enough to raise awareness, and the information about elephants in general and the rescue of 70-year old elephant Noi Na in particular are precious.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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A MUST SEE!! Enlightening & very well done!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Audience Member

If you are a “crazy animal person,” like me, this is a must see. I’m ready to sell everything I have and move to Thailand.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/05/18

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Heartwarming...informative...amazing.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Ashley Bell and a team of elephant rescuers led by Asian elephant conservationist Lek Chailert embark on a daring 48-hour mission across Thailand to rescue a 70-year-old captive Asian elephant and lead it to freedom.

Director: Ashley Bell
Producer: Ashley Bell, Ross M. Dinerstein, John Michael McCarthy III
Screenwriter: Ashley Bell, John Michael McCarthy III, Fernanda Rossi
Distributor: Abramorama
Production Co: Campfire
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 27, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2018
Runtime: 1h 17m

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