[Water for Elephants] is an old-fashioned romance done with loving period detail. Full Review

"Elephants" works, despite its plodding and predictable love triangle. This is a movie that, when the focus is on life under the big top, is quite engaging and just good enough to be a mildly surprising spring diversion. Full Review

Rating: C -- This movie doesn't have half the imagination of even the most subpar circus and, all told, I think it even has fewer elephants. Full Review

While ultimately forgettable, it's a pleasant enough diversion while it's happening. Full Review

Rating: 2.5/5 -- There's no doubting the luscious detail and feel for the period, but the love triangle that inevitable kicks in is a little too rote, even for those in a forgiving mood. Full Review

Supporting characters are too hastily sketched in, serving only to further the unsmooth course of true love. Full Review

Rating: 3/5 -- One gets the sense, watching this predictable but dazzling film, that we all lost something when the circus became safer, but less thrilling. Full Review