Water for Elephants
Set in a Depression-era circus and featuring some decent performances, Water for Elephants is good enough to recommend—but nothing to get super-hyped about. If you like elephants, and you like Reese Witherspoon movies, have at it. If you’d rather be golfing than watching a Witherspoon movie, book your tee time now. This features a central Robert Pattinson performance that is endearing, if not all that amazing, and a Reese Witherspoon performance that, while not remarkable, is better than anything she has done in years. The film is further helped by a villainous performance from Christoph Waltz, now Hollywood’s go-to bad guy. This is moderately entertaining, with the film’s best asset being an ancient, scene-stealing elephant.
By Bob Grimm
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Water for Elephants is not showing in any theaters in the area.
Credits
Director:
- Francis Lawrence
Cast:
- Reese Witherspoon
- Robert Pattinson
- Christoph Waltz
- Paul Schneider
- Jim Norton
- Hal Holbrook
- Mark Povinelli
- Richard Brake
- Stephen Taylor
- Ken Foree
- Scott MacDonald
- James Frain
- Sam Anderson
- John Aylward
- Brad Greenquist
- Tim Guinee
- Donna Scott
- E.E. Bell
Producers:
- Gil Netter
- Erwin Stoff
- Andrew Tennenbaum
- Kevin Halloran
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