Water for elephants

I rented this from iTunes and watched it whilst staying in Casa della Sensa. It is the heartwarming story, set in America during the depression of the 1930s, of a young Polish immigrant man Jakob, whose parents die in a car crash just as he is about to sit his vet exams at Cornell university. He leaves home to roam the country, and ends up joining a travelling circus, as you do. In addition to falling in love with the animals, including the delightful Rosie the elephant (who handily understands Polish instructions!), Jakob also falls for the boss' wife, Marlena, played by Reece Witherspoon. Suffice to say that the boss is not the most free- thinking of men. All good clean fun, but not the most intellectually demanding film in the world. It is based on a novel written by Sarah Gruen, allegedly during National Novel Writing Month (commonly known as NaNoWriMo!). I think Catriona has taken part in that.