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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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Charles Lyons-Burt Slant Magazine 4d
2.5/4
The at times overbearing aesthetic touch isn’t enough to diminish the film’s saliency. Go to Full Review Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter 03/19/2025
The storylines in The Python Hunt prove a little bit too squirmy and erratic for the documentary to come into a focus in a wholly satisfying way. But it’s still a wild and generally empathetic journey into the swamp of the American soul. Go to Full Review Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle 03/13/2025
If Jimbo is the moral compass for the film's ecological subtext, it's Toby Benoit who becomes its heart. Go to Full Review Dan Bayer Next Best Picture 7h
7/10
It is pretty thrilling, to be sure, but much like how our intrepid hunters learn that the hunt is much more driving around in the dark than stalking and killing snakes, it’s not what you expect. Go to Full Review Tina Kakadelis Beyond the Cinerama Dome 8h
The Python Hunt is thrilling and weird, but what remains is a reminder of how easily we humans can carelessly and devastatingly alter the world around us. Go to Full Review Christopher Campbell Nonfics (Substack) 13h
As much as I am a fan of Oppenheim’s own directorial projects, I have to admit I’m glad he had his friend helm this one, as Robin seems even more of a compassionate collaborator than curious observer when it comes to the subject matter. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Xander Robin

Director

Lance Oppenheim

Producer

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