Set during the Great Depression Water for Elephants takes you on a love stricken journey of a veterinary student who abandons all hope when his parents die. Like most young people a front with grief, he looks for new ways to fill his life with wonders and unexpectedly finds a traveling circus.Jacob, our whippersnapper looking for life, jumps aboard the moving train and sets forth to find new friends and heart breaking challenges. He soon finds himself meeting the big boss man and using his veterinary learning's to pose as the troops very own licensed veterinarian.
Trouble arise when the star horse seems to be ill. Marlena, the star attraction and the boss's wife, wants to help but the horse down along side Jacob, but when the do Jacob quickly learns the ways of The Banzai Brother's Circus.
Filled with wonderful costumes, authentic sets, a beautiful script and an amazing cast Water for Elephants is sure to fill your heart. At times it becomes very hard to hold back a few tears but the ending to this well written screenplay is well worth the wait. A love story for the ages and one you wont want to miss.
Directed by Francis Lawrence
Written by Richard LaGravenese
Based on the Novel by Sara Gruen
Starring Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Walts
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