Water For Elephants is a novel by Sara Gruen about a collage vet student who hops a train during the depression learning that it was a for a circus called the Benzi Brothers. The main character, Jacob Jankowski (Robert Pattinson), falls in a forbidden romance with Marlena (Reese Witherspoon) and struggles through a series of events of circus life. Jacob quickly makes friends and enemies as Uncle Al, the ringleader, hires him as the circus's vet once he learned of his ivy league collage training. Marlena is the star performer and Jacob and her almost instantly fall in love but Marlena's husband, August, becomes just as harsh to them as he does to the animals including an elephant named Rosie.
Rosie, the giant elephant captures Jacob's heart since the moment she arrived at the Benzi Bros Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Rosie and Jacob endure together over August's harsh rule. Rosie's stall becomes the only place Jacob can safely escape.
The New York Times Best selling novel comes to film on April 22. So I won't give away spoilers. So do you think the love triangle between Jacob, Marlena, and August will get worked out? Will Rosie be able to live happily ever after with Jacob? And will the main characters be able to survive the world's worst circus disaster of all times?
"Life is the most spectacular show on Earth"
I'm adding this to my Netflix queue. I won't pay to see it in the theater, but it looks like it has the potential to be a great one.
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