Water for Elephants (2011)
"Life is the most spectacular show on earth."
Critics Score
🎬 56%
(RT: 60%, MC: 52) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Donna W. Scott as Barbara
Is Water for Elephants good?
It's divisive. Only 64% of audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 56%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena. Wikipedia ↗
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