Patrick Stewart needs to work on his interpretation of Darth Vader in “Hamlet: Return of the Siths,” but it’s those little comic diversions interspersed throughout Hunting Elephants that make this Israeli movie a little gem.
Hunting Elephants
Israel, United States · 2013
1h 47m
Director Reshef Levi
Starring Moni Moshonov, Patrick Stewart, Sasson Gabai, Yaël Abecassis
Genre Comedy, Crime
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In this hilarious crime comedy, a gifted 12-year-old boy and three elderly men plan a bank robbery in order to seek revenge on the institution for cheating the youngster after the death of his father.
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What are critics saying?
Arizona Republic by Barbara VanDenburgh
That it chooses to waste a capable cast of mature actors by trotting out tired sex jokes as the enfeebled old men plot the world's most needlessly convoluted bank heist solves the mystery of why it took the film two years to limp its way to American cinemas.
The Hollywood Reporter by Boyd van Hoeij
Though it contains some nice twists, the story is largely predictable and old-fashioned in ways both good (the characters’ unlikely come-what-may camaraderie) and bad (misogyny and machismo abound).
The Guardian by Jordan Hoffman
Hunting Elephants has its requisite scenes of planning and setbacks, but it mostly settles for old-people jokes (now I know the Hebrew for Viagra: it’s Viagra) and making Patrick Stewart look like an imbecile.
Patrick Stewart preens, poses and gives us a little song and dance in Hunting Elephants, livening up a fairly dark and somewhat predictable Israeli caper comedy.
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