Cher & The Loneliest Elephant
Paramount+ | Release Date: April 22, 2021
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The Daily BeastKevin FallonApr 23, 2021
Season 1 Review: It is the breeziest, most impactful thing I’ve watched this week, an easy, casual viewing that manages to strike you right in the heart. Watch it! It’s nice. Read full review
80
The TelegraphAnita Singh Apr 22, 2021
Season 1 Review: For a tightly edited documentary, it packed in a lot of information and built up a sense of jeopardy as the team had to overcome various obstacles: building a crate that could hold a five-ton elephant (the first one they made ended up in pieces) and coaxing Kaavan into it were no small tasks. Read full review
80
VarietyCourtney HowardApr 21, 2021
Season 1 Review: Finnigan takes a fairly traditional approach while also managing to find sly moments that marry form and function. Despite the use of talking-head style interviews and narration, he balances the expected with poignancy unearthed in the unspoken subtext. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonApr 21, 2021
Season 1 Review: “Cher and the Loneliest Elephant,” which runs a breezy 46 minutes, not only tells Kaavan’s story, but highlights the abuses many animals suffer in captivity, as well as the international animal rights organizations trying to save them. Read full review
70
The New York TimesMike HaleApr 21, 2021
Season 1 Review: It has a bare-bones, home-movie quality, with interviews that feel as if they were shot on the run. But its 46 minutes fly by, and it is buoyed by the disarming, slightly corny sincerity that Cher brings to the proceedings. Read full review
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