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“Water For Elephants” – Vibrant Remake of Book, Stays True to Most of Plot, but Loses Characterization.
June 17, 2011
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“To talent and illusion!” is the toast as three circus people raise their glasses in a posh Depression-era state car, a train full of animals and roustabouts and fat ladies and strongmen pulling them to fame and fortune in the next town. In that moment, there is some hope that everything might just work out. That Jacob, the new stowaway who also happens to be a vet, will improve the quality of life of the animals. That Marlena, the star performer, will attract the crowds and find that her love and dedication will be enough to change a man’s character. That August, her despotic husband and the circus ringmaster, is really just misunderstood. But then the moment passes, that optimism itself an illusion.
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