Water for Elephants
2011 · Movie · PG-13 · 122 min · ★ 6.9 · 56% critics
Set in the Depression era, a veterinary student joins a traveling circus as an animal caretaker. His work brings him close to a celebrated married performer, forcing him into a painful dilemma as tensions rise around their care for the animals.
Based on Water for Elephants
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Details
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-04-15
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Critic score
- 56/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (2,625 votes)
- Box office
- $117,086,251
- Budget
- $38,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this big-hearted, period melodrama with circus life and emotional tension, especially if you like sweeping romances like The Longest Ride or One Day; Not for you if animal mistreatment onscreen upsets you or if you prefer love stories without conflict.
Pros: circus-era atmosphere; emotional romance; animal-focused stakes | Cons: mixed character chemistry; disturbing animal cruelty; familiar melodrama format
Themes
- based on novel or book
- elephant
- clown
- great depression
- elephant trainer
- veterinary
Cast & crew
Robert Pattinson
as Jacob Jankowski
Reese Witherspoon
as Marlena Rosenbluth
Christoph Waltz
as August Rosenbluth
Paul Schneider
as Charlie
Jim Norton
as Camel
Hal Holbrook
as Old Jacob
Donna W. Scott
as Barbara
Richard Brake
as Grady
Stephen Monroe Taylor
as Wade
Mark Povinelli
as Kinko / Walter
Directed by Francis Lawrence