Love & Bananas [Sub: Eng]

Lek gives "Love & Bananas" humanity, but Bell's personality and enthusiasm is contagious, inviting us into the film. We root right along with her.

"Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story" is the type of film that's impossible to come away from unchanged.

Anyone who loves elephants (and if you don't, I want nothing to do with you...seriously) is bound to adore Ashley Bell's deeply affecting documentary about efforts to save the Asian elephant.

An informative, emotionally charged documentary about animal cruelty and the people who are trying to stop it.

Even small efforts to rectify human misdeeds cause suffering to animals, and Bell seems aware of this balance of consequences.

An important film that will fill you with admiration for Chailert, who has risked her life and freedom to expose the abuse of elephants.

Love & Elephants has a message to impart but it's never preachy or pedantic. It accomplishes its goals with heartfelt enthusiasm. What more could one ask of a documentary?

It's at times a heart-warming tale and it certainly comes from a place of ethical accountability, but Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story barely skims the surface of its subject matter.

Bell has done an exemplary job bringing the truth of what these animals face every day --- and their unforgivable mistreatment --- to the forefront.

This extraordinary documentary will touch your heart

[A] clear-eyed, ultimately optimistic activism documentary that packs an urgent emotional punch.