An Elephant’s Journey – Movie Review
Director: Mark Drury Taylor
Writer: David Moss, Mark Drury Taylor (Screenplay)
Cast
- Jenna Ortega (Scream 6)
- Martin Martinez (Magnum P.I.)
- David Arquette (Scream)
- Leonor Varela (Blade 2)
- Galen Howard (The Book of Boba Fett)
Plot: Flora is a circus elephant who can no longer perform her tricks. The night before she’s scheduled to be euthanized, the circus owner’s 14-year-old daughter, Dawn, sneaks Flora from the circus. All that stands between them and the safety of the elephant preserve is two hundred kilometres of woods, one raging river, two elephant hunters and the fear of not making it.
Runtime: 1 Hour 35 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: An Elephant’s Journey starts when a teenager Dawn (Ortega) looks to get her circus elephant Flora to a preserve. Her father Henry (Arquette) has been doing everything he can to help rehome Flora, without any success.
As Dawn travels with Flora, she meets teenage thief Sebastian (Martinez) leading to the three making the journey. However, the journey isn’t going to be easy as hunters are looking to collect on the bounty. To make matters worse, Flora becomes a news sensation.
Verdict on An Elephant’s Journey
An Elephant’s Journey is an adventure family movie following a teenage girl trying to find a new home for her circus elephant. It follows her on a journey that sees her needing to overcome problems. While her father searches for her and hunters looking for a bounty.
This is a fun family film that takes us on a heartwarming journey. It also gets to highlight the lack of options for animal owners looking to do the right thing for their pets. We get to learn life lessons while dealing with threats faced for the first time. A young Jenna Ortega shines in this role, with David Arquette bringing us the concerned parent.
Final Thoughts – An Elephant’s Journey is an enjoyable family film.
