the over riding problem with this film be that it can not possibly use bill murray to the best of his ability and simply because of the co star . if this be a road movie with another comedic actor and it might work . even if they be both try to get the elephant across the country and it would at least allow for them to share some amuse dialogue . a it stand and murray be leave talk to an elephant who can not answer back with witty banter . essentially and it mean that murray be talk to himself and and this make the film more boring than it could have be have he have another character to bounce off . kid would enjoy this movie and simply because of the elephant and but anyone wanting to watch bill murray bite delivery and enjoy an excellent script need to look somewhere else .