Water For Elephants (2011) 7/10

Starring : Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Christoph Waltz, Hal Holbrook
Director : Francis Lawrence
Running Time : 116 mins

When his parents die in a terrible accident, medical student Jacob Jankowski (Pattinson) discovers that they had sunk all their money into his education and he is now not just penniless but also homeless. As he drops out of school to try to find work, he finds his way into the world of the travelling circus, working under the violent minded August Rosenbluth (Waltz). His life takes a tricky turn when he finds himself falling for the star attraction, Marlena (Witherspoon), who also happens to be August’s wife.

As usual with any movie he features in, Christoph Waltz out acts everyone else on screen. Granted that isn’t too difficult when you’ve got competition like Robert Pattinson, but to be fair Pattinson isn’t that bad in this. I’ve definitely seen Witherspoon do a lot better, and it really felt like her heart wasn’t in this for the most part, but this is still a good flick that delivers an interesting and engrossing story.

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