“This is clearly an issue that’s building, and “The Ivory Game,” as a Netflix production, is theoretically in a position to influence the outcome. There are moments when the movie tugs at your heart, but the subject matter because it’s so epic, deserves an even more probing and definitive treatment.” – Owen Gleiberman. Film Review: The Ivory Game. Variety.com.

“What is admirable about Ivory Game is that it recognizes the complexity of the issues. In Africa the elephants destroy farmers’ crops, so these farmers have sometimes gone into partnership with the poachers. The rangers recognize that a solution will have to involve building fences to protect the crops while also cracking down on killers and traders who lust after ivory. The film almost has the structure of a thriller, as it builds to the capture of the head honcho among ivory poachers, a man named Shetani, whose underlings are estimated to have killed 10,000 elephants.”  – Stephen Farber. The Ivory Game: Telluride Review. TheHollywoodReporter.com