Water for Elephants

Released: 2011
Drama, Romance (comedy)
Director: Francis Lawrence
Starring: Hal Holbrook, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson
Running Time: 120 minutes
Rated: PG-13

The breakdown:  A vet and a circus performer fall in love over an elephant, but she's already married to the circus owner (the circus performer, not the elephant.  Although, it probably would've been a better movie had the circus owner married the elephant.)


I expected the worst watching this movie and I was not disappointed.  First off, I can't stand that no talent Robert Pattinson, and two, Reese Witherspoon played the same normal character she always plays so no surprise that this movie was dumb.  I guess it's based on a book by some woman, what's her name?  Sara Gruen, never heard of her, anyway based on her book of the same name.
Plot is that this Cornell veterinarian student is about to take his final when he finds out about a family tragedy that changes everything and prevents him from finishing school.  He runs away from home and literally joins the circus.  He falls in love with a married woman and takes care of animals.  He makes friends with everyone but the circus owner who abuses animals and people.  Well, he kinda' kills them too by throwing them off moving trains.  Anyway, you shouldn't waste your time with this movie.  It's boring and the ending is so ridiculous I burst out laughing because it's so unintentionally funny.  Terrible ending.

0 out 5 because all I did was want the movie to be over.

PS - there's only one elephant in the whole damn movie so I'm not sure why the title is plural and maybe the book is better if the ending isn't so hilarious.