The Weight of Elephants

"The Weight of Elephants would make an exquisite photography book. A large, glossy tome that sat on the coffee table and you could flick through dreaming over the perfectly composed, evocative, flare-tinged images."

"The setbacks, sorrows and rare joys of a lonely child misfit are charted with sensitivity but also a certain dramatic contrivance in the feature debut of New Zealand director Daniel Borgman."

"There’s a core sincerity to the film that’s amplified in Murphy’s emotionally raw performance. His eyes reveal what the title suggests -- that childhood can be freighted with impossible burdens."

"I think I've seen a few truly great New Zealand made dramas. Out of the Blue, The Orator, and In My Father's Den have been the absolute stand outs. The Weight of Elephants can take its place beside them. This is a startlingly good film, and in Borgman, we have ourselves a wonderful new film-maker."