The Python Hunt

Name: The Python Hunt
Genre: Documentary
Released: May 8, 2026
Duration: 91 min

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Oscilloscope Laboratories | Release Date: May 8, 2026 | Not Rated

Summary: In an attempt to save the threatened ecosystem, the Florida government hosts an annual competition to remove invasive pythons from the Everglades. For ten grueling nights, python-mania overtakes the ‘glades as an eclectic group of amateur hunters contends with unforgiving terrain, aggressive nocturnal creatures and their own desires andIn an attempt to save the threatened ecosystem, the Florida government hosts an annual competition to remove invasive pythons from the Everglades. For ten grueling nights, python-mania overtakes the ‘glades as an eclectic group of amateur hunters contends with unforgiving terrain, aggressive nocturnal creatures and their own desires and demons that push them into the swamp, searching for slithering glory.… Expand

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 91 min

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Next Best Picture Dan Bayer

May 8, 2026

This isn’t just some quirky look at an obscure American event and subculture or a love letter to the filmmaker’s home state; it’s a sly indictment of 21st-century America, wrapped up in what looks like a trashy thrill ride. It is pretty thrilling, to be sure, but much like how our intrepid hunters learn that the hunt is much more driving around in the dark than stalking and killing snakes, it’s not what you expect. For both the hunters and the audience, that’s for the best. Read full review

Charles Lyons-Burt

May 5, 2026

The at times overbearing aesthetic touch isn’t enough to diminish the film’s saliency. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

May 8, 2026

The movie is a lot of fun and masters a pleasingly detached yet sardonic tone early on, but unfortunately, it doesn’t have a lot more to offer after that, aside from a growing human menagerie of admittedly lively characters and a philosophical through line that’s pretty worn out—something like, “Humans are the real monsters.” Read full review

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