its ok but its not elephant

So derivative of Haneke and Van Sant that it never congeals as Campos' own unique directorial vision, but what it has to say about these clips of video's effects on our very concept of authenticity of experience is pretty interesting nonetheless.

This didn't work at all for me.

Interesting exploration of a boarding school resident coping with seeing death. Exists somewhere between Elephant, Cache, and Benny's Video, with a dash of Kubrick added in; sometimes it suffers from the similarities to those works, but it also exists strongly on its own. Worth watching, and worth waiting for what Campos and the producers do next.

"This ain't Elephant, even if it looks like one." - Ed Gonzalez

One of most boring and slow paced movies I ever seen. Trailer was very promising and from the start it is quite OK. No spy/detective find-it-all kids or obvious murders. This is true opposite of Holywood cheap teen films. Seriously if all scenes would be as long as dialogs go, this would be 20 min long and quite digestible. Acting is above average, but it doesn't change the fact taht you die of boredom whilst watching it. Overall...b...o...r...i...n...g.

Campos has potential but this just felt like a lesser Van Sant film. The ending was great and it makes me bump the score quite a bit but I just didn't care for the main character very much.