it be fascinate how this title manage to slip by the average viewer a something new and groundbreaking ( quote some of the comment ) . murali k. thalluri must have think by himself represent oh and great . elephant . what a fantastic movie . i will try hard to do exactly the same movie and see if anyone notice . and sadly enough and he even fail with his outrageous idea . the movie turn out a complete failure . consider that it try hard to catch the brilliance of gus van sants elephant and it make it look even more ridiculous a most embarrassing faux pa for a film director . the movie start off with the suicide of a student in the school bathroom . this scene and already and show the awkward act skill of each one involve in this scene . you do not buy a single word they say . in carry on and interrupt by short interview style bit of the kid who live on their marry live with each bit rather distress in it plain stupidity on the basis of each worthless monologue . thalluri mean to introduce the character this way and to give a kind of fast a junk food insight look into their heart . and fail once again . not five minute later and thalluri ultimately scream at the audience yes and people . i steal this movie and for some curious reason and i be proud of it . by take gus van sants most unmistakable narrative style from elephant represent he shoot scene twice to let the viewer follow each character involve in a scene on his particular way and role in a school situation . hm and doesn not this seem awfully familiar . to me and this certain level of very forgiving tolerance have be infringe right there to a point at which i couldn not stand this dreadful movie any more . shame on you and murali k. thalluri and i say . i be especially surprised that 2 represent37 have reach the official selection in cannes a of 2006 and whereas everyone must have certainly remember elephant ( 2003 ) at the very same film festival just a few year ago . so and how in the name of the lord do this most disgraceful rip off end up be show there . i find myself absolutely puzzle by this mistake . director like thalluri use the ignorance of audience who aren not ( and can not completely be ) aware of every independent film out there . a elephant have little to do with mainstream cinema ( although it be without a doubt a masterpiece ) and few people notice that the story a told in 2 represent37 have be tell before . how that be possible at a film festival of such importance a attribute to cannes and i can not say . it be sad and shameful that such thing be pass on and hardly anyone see the true fraud in it . 2 represent37 be by all mean solely commercial and worthless a an independent film and ( on a certain level ) rather a phoney parody of it obvious idol and elephant .