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Apr 21, 2011 · 120 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 2011. Roger Ebert. April 21, 2011. 3 min read. Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon with elephant. There’s something endearingly old-fashioned about a love story involving a beautiful bareback rider and a kid who runs off to join the circus.
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Water for Elephants. Jacob takes a job as an animal caretaker in a traveling circus. There he meets Marlena, a beautiful circus performer. Their shared compassion for a special elephant Rosie leads to love, but Marlena's cruel husband stands in their way.
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Water for Elephants is a well-done and engaging film. Something about it holds us at a slight remove...but overall, it works. Full Review | Original Score: B | Feb 15, 2019
Apr 22, 2011 · Water for Elephants is a gorgeous production, with the sets, cinematography, and costumes perfectly evoking the 1930s. The love story – though less passionate than depicted in the book – drives the story and should drive audiences to theaters.
Apr 21, 2011 · Francis Lawrence directs Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson in “Water for Elephants,” a film adaptation of Sara Gruen’s novel about a Depression-era traveling circus.
"Water for Elephants" sweeps you into circus life of the 1930's, during the hungry and desperate times of the Great Depression. It's a nomadic, hard-working, and very sparse life. This 2nd class circus is a defined "family" though, and they live isolated on the sullied fringes of regular society.