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The Python Hunt

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In an attempt to save the threatened ecosystem, the Florida government hosts an annual competition to remove invasive pythons from the Everglades. For ten grueling nights, python-mania overtakes the 'glades as an eclectic group of amateur hunters contends with unforgiving terrain, aggressive nocturnal creatures and their own desires and demons that push them into the swamp, searching for slithering glory.
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Matt Zoller Seitz RogerEbert.com 4d
2.5/4
The movie is a lot of fun and masters a pleasingly detached yet sardonic tone early on, but unfortunately, it doesn’t have a lot more to offer after that, aside from a growing human menagerie of admittedly lively characters... Go to Full Review Alissa Wilkinson New York Times 5d
Suddenly the hunt takes on a strange extra meaning. It’s the sort of moment that would feel ham-fisted in a fiction film script, but in a nonfiction film, it’s gold. Sometimes, reality beats anything you could imagine. Go to Full Review Charles Lyons-Burt Slant Magazine May 3
2.5/4
The at times overbearing aesthetic touch isn’t enough to diminish the film’s saliency. Go to Full Review Tanner Gordon Spectrum Culture 2d
The Python Hunt uses its subject mostly as a means to an end, to arrive at answers that have little to do with snakes and much more to do with the human soul. Go to Full Review Frank Falisi In Review Online 3d
Aas as much to say about the weird morays of American governance... as it does the Everglades’ existence as a baffling photobook of supernatural imagery as it does the idiot glee encased in humanity’s eternal quest to see something new. Go to Full Review Alan French FandomWire 4d
9/10
While The Python Hunt might touch on a dozen tropes and almost exoticize the Florida Man tropes for non-Floridian viewers, Robin’s grip on the film keeps things entertaining. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Moody C @MoodyC 1d A look into Florida state sponsored killing of pythons to control specie population. While interesting & full of real life characters in this doc, director does not really have any stance on matter so somewat pointless. Short & sweet, though. See more Stephen C @bob25009 6d Real footage in 1 hour and 31 minutes. See more Read all reviews
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Xander Robin

Director

Lance Oppenheim

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Lauren Cioffi

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Melissa Oppenheim

Producer

Xander Robin

Producer

Gillian Brown

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Synopsis In an attempt to save the threatened ecosystem, the Florida government hosts an annual competition to remove invasive pythons from the Everglades. For ten grueling nights, python-mania overtakes the 'glades as an eclectic group of amateur hunters contends with unforgiving terrain, aggressive nocturnal creatures and their own desires and demons that push them into the swamp, searching for slithering glory.
Director
Xander Robin
Producer
Lance Oppenheim, Lauren Cioffi, Melissa Oppenheim, Xander Robin
Distributor
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Production Co
Artist's Equity
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 8, 2026, Limited
Runtime
1h 31m