Water For Elephants: Blu Ray review
Water for Elephants
Released by
20th Century Fox
Rating: M
RPatz
tries to put the vampire sparkle behind him in this adaptation of the Sara Gruen
historical novel.
Set in Depression times in
America, Pattinson plays Jacob (yes, we're aware of the irony too) a vet student
who's about to sit his final exams at Cornell University
However,
when his parents are killed in a car accident just moments into his exam, his
life changes as he loses everything - not just his family, but his home
So, running away he jumps on a train which turns out
to belong to the Benzini Brothers circus troupe.
Convincing the owner August (a mightily impressive Christoph Waltz)
that he can contribute and showing his vet knowledge, Jacob is soon welcomed
into the upper echelons of the carny society.
However - that also
includes an attraction to August's wife Marlena (Reese Witherspoon) which proves
dangerous as August is a brooding man, prone to explosive outbursts and abusing
the animals....
Water For Elephants starts off well
- the Depression era is brilliantly captured and recreated and the tone is
perfectly set for a nice historical love story.
But that's where
the problems begin with Water For Elephants.
For a
story like this to work, you need to have sizzling chemistry between two leads -
and to be frank, Pattinson and Witherspoon have as much chemistry as a wet
weekend. And that really lets the tale down and brings the whole thing crashing
into an average reality.
While RPatz and
Witherspoon fail to bring any real spark, there is some consolation in Waltz. He
is fantastic; bringing the horrendous menace and explosiveness needed to an evil
man but also showing hints of a man conflicted by his behaviour. Water For
Elephants is massively disappointing after such a good set up.
Rating: 4/10
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