Water for Elephants is a 2011 Historical Drama directed by Francis Lawrence, written by Richard LaGravenese, and based on the novel by Sara Gruen. The film stars Robert Pattinson as Jacob Jankowski, Reese Witherspoon as Marlena Rosenbluth, and Christoph Waltz as August Rosenbluth. The movie follows Jacob Jankowski as he inadvertently joins the circus following the death of his parents. He had studied veterinary science at Cornell and convinced the ring leader to let him stay. I'm going to try not to give too much of the story away, but I will tell you that once the circus gets an elephant, Everything changes.
Robert Pattinson, is good in this movie, I usually don't like him, but I think this is one of his best performances. Also, his character is immensely weak fyi. It really feels like he let loose for the role and just went with it. Reese Witherspoon was pretty good in this movie. She seems kind of old to be Robert's love interest, but she does really well, and delivers a solid performance. Christoph Waltz was so good. His performance was so dramatic and intense, I couldn't help but love it. Everyone else was really good too, but I only have so much time here.
All in all, it was a good movie, but it did have some flaws.
First of all, a minor thing, but at some points it is deadly obvious that they did the audio in post-production, as things don't sync up that well. A big problem I had though, was how simple the characters emotions were. Robert was either exuberant or sad. Reese was either angry or lustful. Christoph was either hyper angry crazy or pleasantly happy. Also, it kind of feels like they tried to force him to be he Jew hunter from Inglorious Basterds and, at times, it seems like they went for a "What if the Jew hunter ran a circus?" feel to it. The actors worked with it, but I really noticed it throughout the movie.
Gripes aside, I did not regret seeing this movie, and I would recommend it if you've read the book or are interested in this movie. A warning however, the film does show the elephant being bloodily beaten and abused at some point, so if you can't handle that, maybe don't watch it (or close your eyes during those parts). 78%
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