The documentary The Elephant Queen... is an emotional story about survival that shows us the wonderful mechanisms that operate in nature. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Jun 17, 2020

Despite some Disney-style anthropomorphizing, this is a transcendent story of how African elephants cope with a drought. The subtitle might have been "Ecology of a Waterhole",

| Nov 5, 2019

The result is a nice story about elephants but not much more, making The Elephant Queen feel a bit like a squandered opportunity.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 1, 2019

The best moments of The Elephant Queen come from when the elephants' actions on their own stir the heartstrings, complex emotions beaming off screen without anyone uttering a single word.

| Nov 1, 2019

The powerful images are somewhat undermined by the narrative decision to protect the audience, creating a false image of a pocket of the world that humanity hasn't touched.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 31, 2019

The Elephant Queen is messy, but it's still a worthwhile nature watch that educates viewers on how important elephants are to the biomes across which they traverse and why.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Oct 29, 2019

There are a lot of documentaries in 2019 that attempt to explain nature's place on this planet, but none of them do it as well as The Elephant Queen.

| Original Score: 4.25/5 | Oct 29, 2019

A gorgeous, eye-opening nature documentary that begs to be watched on the largest screen possible. (Apple Insider)

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 28, 2019

A cute story about the circle of life.

| Original Score: B | Oct 18, 2019

A love letter to a gorgeous species that is increasingly in danger.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 18, 2019

From intimate shots beneath the feet of the giant beasts to underground footage, directors Stone and Deeble have made a movie that leaves viewers as much in awe of the animals as of the filmmakers' ability to capture remarkable moments.

Full Review | Oct 18, 2019

Not as tonally stable nor as thematically cogent as it could have been, but it does feature some child-appropriate scenes of animals relieving themselves, having sex, and even dying.

| Oct 17, 2019

Young viewers could certainly handle a few more harsh facts. Yet "The Elephant Queen" sets out, first and foremost, to use a narrative to build compassion. And here, a good story is as effective as a shout.

| Oct 17, 2019

A gorgeously photographed and detailed portrait of an elephant herd making an arduous journey in search of water.

| Oct 17, 2019

Big-hearted, beautiful docu about matriarchal elephant herd.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 16, 2019

The Elephant Queen is an absolute marvel, a beautiful technical achievement which also wonderfully captures nature's inhabitants of Kenya.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 16, 2019

Anthropomorphism is generally kept to reasonable levels, and the total effect conveys real respect for nature.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 19, 2019

The Elephant Queen is an anthropomorphized epic that's aimed at young children, yet features a surprising amount of hard truths about life and nature.

| Apr 27, 2019

While "The Elephant Queen" is family friendly, it sets up real stakes and the filmmakers take great care in conveying hardship once it hits, ably balancing the exuberant moments from the circle of life with capturing its less savory aspects.

| Feb 26, 2019

The shots they get from the very small dung beetle to the giant savannas full of elephants are very impressive.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jan 27, 2019