Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Tim Roth
Dahlia Williams is starting a new life; newly separated with a new job and a new apartment, she's determined to put her relationship with her estranged husband behind her and devote herself to raising...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 26, 2005
Stats: 4,297 reviews
Dark Water isn't very frightening, but its main focus is never really on trying to scare the viewer. It tries to be more of a psychological movie, by tackling issues like parental neglect and abandonment. Does it succesfully explore those themes? Not entirely, but I give the movi...( read more)
Even the awesome cast (Reilly, Roth, Postelwaite, Connelly, Scott) can't save this thing. A bit confusing and not even interesting enough to keep my attention. Not the worst movie I've ever seen, but definitely not onw of the best.
I guess I've put off watching this for so long because of all the pointless remakes that are churned out. I only watch them if I am in a hateful mood, something to direct my anger at. It's a stress reliever. Dark Water is very different though. Although it follows the same path S...( read more)
...proving once again that Hollywood can take a really good Japanese movie and screw it all up.
This movie was kinda stupid...I don't know why I had such high expectations for it in the first place, but it was just really predictable.
DARK WATER (2005)
dir. Walter Salles
cast. Jennifer Connelly, Tim Roth, John C. ReillyDark Water is another remake of a Hideo Nakata film based on a Koji Suzuki novel. Its not as good as The Ring but its way better than The Ring Two.
The plot is s
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Like so many recent thrillers of this ilk, many of them in some way exploiting the 'innocence' of childhood -- the dumb and unpleasant Hide and Seek springs to mind -- Dark Water falls apart in the wi... full review
Dark Water has more substance and a more interesting look than many horror films, but the familiar elements of the story disappoint. full review
This is an eerie, relentlessly grim, invasive little movie -- a tone poem of despair that seeps into you like the damp. full review
A mostly faithful adaptation of a scary little story: A mother and her young daughter, needing to save money as the mother negotiates an unhappy divorce, move into a depressing, dark apartment. full review
[Salles] has managed to create a movie that's pretty bleak for a Hollywood -- especially Disney -- thriller. full review
Would have been... more entertaining as an absurdist comedy about the troubles one woman will go through in order to not live in Queens, the Bronx or (God forbid) Jersey. full review
Dark Water is a lesson in how to transform atmospheric J-horror into soggy B filmmaking. full review
Dark Water achieves some, but not all, of what we might hope for. full review
A classy ghost story is just the ticket in a summer of crass jolts. full review
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