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The Ivory Game
2016
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3.0
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2.0
Scarcity drives up prices, meaning that dealers actually want elephants to go extinct, so doesnt destroying ivory just intensify the problem No doubt ..
Av Club
2.0
When youve got beautiful animals at risk of extinction, theres no need to manufacture tension.
Av Club
3.8
The Ivory Game is a documentary that plays with the gripping pacing and glossy production values of a suspenseful, international thriller.
Rogerebert
2.0
A real life ecological thriller in the mold of The Cove and Virunga, directors Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkanis engaging overview makes up for its o ..
Indie Wire
4.0
There are moments when the movie tugs at your heart, but the subject matter, because its so epic, deserves an even more probing and definitive treatme ..
Variety
3.5
Netflix proves that a safe haven exists for documentary filmmakers to shed light on important issues without a superhero or marquee Hollywood star in ..
We Got This Covered
4.0
The price rises all the time, and the window of opportunity is closing as well.
The Guardian
4.0
The doc benefits from an engaging cast of characters and from striking photography of Tanzania, Zambia and Kenya.
The Hollywood Reporter
4.0
While more information on the animals and their ecosystems is needed, the stakes described here are immense, as is the sorrow over majestic creatures ..
The New York Times
3.0
Directors Richard Ladkani and Kief Davidson focus on East Africa, where most of the matriarchal pachyderms live and, increasingly, die at the hands of ..
5.0
Wild elephants are the largest living land animals in Africa and Asia.These creatures are known for their high intelligence, their emotional sensitivi ..
Spirituality And Practice
2.0
So The Ivory Game is often pushily compelling.If it settled down and trusted viewers, it would stand as a stronger documentary.
Village Voice
3.0
It highlights heroes and villains to transform abstract numbers into human beings.That power trumps any lack of cinematic brilliance because this type ..
The Film Stage
2.0
Each of the narratives is engaging, but the quick jumps back and forth make it impossible for any single story to garner the emotional force it deserv ..
The Play List
2.0
Its a film that offers a unique and singular take on one of the planets most pressing issues and presents it in a way that makes for one of the most e ..
The Film Experience
2.5
By Jay Kuehner A call to action, a wake up callcall it what call you will, The Ivory Game is stylized broadcast journalism for the Netflix set, which ..
Cinema Scope
2.0
The Ivory Game, a documentary about the black market ivory trade, is another of those disheartening films about the nearing extinction of a species.Th ..
Daily News
3.5
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