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REVIEW: One Lucky Elephant, One Deeply Sympathetic Movie

Elephants are magnificent creatures, possessed of great intelligence and sensitivity, so it’s little wonder that people who regularly work with or care for them become devoted. That’s mostly a good thing, particularly for elephants who’ve been transplanted far from home: If you’re a 10,000-pound African elephant living 8,000 miles away from your native habitat, you need all the help you can get. Still, these marvelous animals are strangers among us, and understanding them isn’t easy. How much human love is too much for an elephant? That’s the question Lisa Leeman’s One Lucky Elephant attempts to answer, without sentimentality but with the right amount of compassion.

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REVIEW: One Lucky Elephant, One Deeply Sympathetic Movie