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Water for Elephants

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In Theaters: April 22, 2011

PG-13 | Drama | 2h 0m

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User rating: May 16, 2011

You are wrong about Reese. She acted her role perfectly. Every actor has to play a role the way they feel reflects the character, not so the audience can detect some "chemistry". She was rescued from the streets and made into the "star attraction", so she was a combination of grateful little girl and "ice princess", which she had to be with an abusive husband. She was vulnerable but fearful of feeling or receiving real love. She therefore had to be guarded. It took more ability to act in such a restrained, understated manner. It was the look her husband saw between her and Robert that sent him off the edge. All you wannabe critics should just hop over to Hollywood with your acting tips for

User rating: May 16, 2011

I loved the book, but the movie was disjointed and over-acted..especially Reese Witherspoon.

User rating: May 14, 2011

Great book and the movie did and awesome job following it closely. Robert Pattinson and Christoph Waltz had Oscar winning performances....as did Rosie!!!

User rating: May 11, 2011

Great movie from a really good book. Robert Pattinson was great but Reese struggled throughout the movie.

User rating: May 11, 2011

The movie started off great...but then Reese Witherspoon appeared and the movie went downhill from there - she is soooo bad in this. Even the elephant out-acted her. I can't recall a movie where an actors performance ruined an otherwise good movie.

User rating: May 10, 2011

THIS MOVIE WAS AMAZINNG!!! WATCH IT IF YOU HAVE NOT YET SEEN IT. BETTER THAN I EXPECTED!

User rating: May 9, 2011

While the movie was decent, I felt that there was no chemistry betwen the actors. Reese Witherspoon was horribly mis-cast. Pattison gave a surprinsingly strong performance, as did Christph Wentz. The movie lagged a bit in the middle as well. Overall, some good parts, but it didn't work as a whole.

User rating: May 7, 2011

Was not particulary pleased with this movie too much brutality especially to the animals.

User rating: May 4, 2011

Very dissapointing movie!! the book was great but the movie, especially reese, was simply a mess.

User rating: May 3, 2011

OK, Pattison performed well in his first "adult" role..Weltz was at his creepy-best...but OMG, Reese was so bad it ruined what could ahve been a beautiful movie. She was completely mis-cast to the pint where it was distracting. She should stick to Legally Blonde movies - too bad as this movie was on track to be really good, but Reese's performance was so awful that it tuins the entire movie.