Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.
the vibe
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What it feels like
slow-burndarkharrowinglayeredseriousbroadhaunting
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Movie2003·81 min
Elephant
Directed by Gus Van Sant
A crime drama film directed by Gus Van Sant.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 29%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
7.0/10
2K ratings
About Elephant
- Pacing
- Slow-burn (1 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Harrowing (9 of 9)
- Complexity
- Layered (6 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Broad (6 of 9)
- Spirit
- Haunting (3 of 9)
- Texture
- Unsettling, Contemplative
- Story Tags
- trauma recovery, isolation loneliness, social injustice, action combat, high school campus, american regional, group found family, outsider misfit, everyman, nonlinear flashback, slow burn reveal, serial killer