Water for Elephants

Water for Elephants

2011
★★★☆☆ 6.9/10
⏱️ 122 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 EN
DramaRomance
In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.

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Cast

Robert Pattinson
Robert Pattinson
Jacob Jankowski
Reese Witherspoon
Reese Witherspoon
Marlena Rosenbluth
Christoph Waltz
Christoph Waltz
August Rosenbluth
Paul Schneider
Paul Schneider
Charlie
Jim Norton
Jim Norton
Camel
Hal Holbrook
Hal Holbrook
Old Jacob

User Reviews

Andres Gomez
★ 7/10
The chemistry between Witherspoon and Pattinson doesn't really work but the simple "man meets a woman" story works and Waltz nails his character as usual. This movie was a nice surprise.
October 1, 2014

Crew

Director
Francis Lawrence
Writer
Richard LaGravenese
Producer
Kevin Halloran, Gil Netter, Erwin Stoff

Production

Big Screen Productions, Fox 2000 Pictures, Dune Entertainment, Ingenious Media

Keywords

based on novel or bookelephantclowngreat depressionelephant trainerveterinary