Hal Holbrook doesn’t quite steal the show as the old-man-remembering version of pretty Robert Pattinson in this love story set in the days when a traveling circus was still enough to inspire wonder. No, the real thief is Christoph Waltz, who gives a monster performance as the circus owner, ringleader, and controlling husband of pretty Reese Witherspoon (doing her best Jean Harlow). One might even go so far as to call Waltz the real star here, except folks don’t go in for tragedy these days. (2011) — Matthew Lickona
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