ELEPHANT (2003) - ****/5

After the awards-glory with GOOD WILL HUNTING, only to follow with the universally ridiculed PSYCHO remake and his lackluster FINDING FORESTER, Gus Van Sant went back into his special cave, only to re-emerge with his trilogy of minimalistic-experimental pictures in the modestly-respected GERRY, the controversial-yet-praised little gem ELEPHANT(this film), and recently his criminally ignored winner LAST DAYS.

Many will be turned off by this picture, but to those that catch it and "get it", we dig it.