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The Weight of Water
Directed by
Kathryn Bigelow
R
2000
1h 53m
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5.8
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A newspaper photographer researches an 1873 double homicide and finds her own life paralleling that of a witness who survived the tragic ordeal.
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Cast of The Weight of Water
Sean Penn
Thomas Janes
Catherine McCormack
Jean Janes
Elizabeth Hurley
Adaline Gunne
Sarah Polley
Maren Hontvedt
Josh Lucas
Rich Janes
Ciarán Hinds
Louis Wagner
Richard Donat
Mr. Plaisted
Ulrich Thomsen
John Hontvedt
Anders W. Berthelsen
Evan Christenson
Joseph Rutten
Judge
John Walf
Defense Attorney
Katrin Cartlidge
Karen Christenson
Vinessa Shaw
Anethe Christenson
Adam Curry
Emil Ingerbretson
John Maclaren
Dr. Parsons
Rita Kvist
Young Maren Christenson
Jan Tore Kristoffersen
Young Evan Christenson
Catherine Kellner
College Student
Karl Júlíusson
Mr. Christenson
Peter Cobbold
Priest
R. D. Call
Coast Guard Officer
Richard Scobie
Clerk
The Weight of Water Ratings & Reviews
Variety
Emanuel Levy
Artistically speaking, Bigelow's drama may be her most ambitous and personal film to date, a multi-layered (period and contemporary) psychological thriller that borrows from Bergman's masterpiece Persona; commercially, however, it's problematic.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Maneuvers skillfully through the plot's hot brine -- until it's undone by the sogginess of its contemporary characters, and actors.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
Shreve's graceful dual narrative gets clunky on the screen, and we keep getting torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
But Bigelow creates such an intoxicating swell it is hard to not get drawn in to the whole convoluted mess these era-spanning characters find themselves in.
San Francisco Chronicle
Carla Meyer
Involves two mysteries -- one it gives away and the other featuring such badly drawn characters that its outcome hardly matters.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
When the movie finally collapses on itself late in the game, it leaves you in the frustrating position of having to pick up its scattered pieces and assemble them as best you can.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The actors are splendid, especially Sarah Polley and Sean Penn, but we never feel confident that these two plots fit together, belong together, or work together.
Newsday
Jan Stuart
Kathryn Bigelow's attractive film version of Anita Shreve's novel is a gripping plunge but a remote one, suffering from the weight of one too many inexpressible thoughts.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
The Weight of Water uses water as a metaphor for subconscious desire, but this leaky script barely stays afloat.
New York Post
Megan Turner
The action switches between past and present, but the material link is too tenuous to anchor the emotional connections that purport to span a 125-year divide.
Houston Chronicle
Eric Harrison
There are a few wrong notes, and the ending is too enigmatic for its own good, but for a studio production the film is uncommonly intelligent and uncompromising.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Cater
It's got a good director. Good cast. Good source material. Yet it still sinks like a stone.
Dallas Morning News
Gary Dowell
The jarring jumps between disconnected stories and watered-down sensationalism make for a soggy experience.
Boston Globe
Janice Page
Though it never rises to its full potential as a film, still offers a great deal of insight into the female condition and the timeless danger of emotions repressed.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
A boring, pretentious muddle that uses a sensational, real-life 19th-Century crime as a metaphor for -- well, I'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop.
The New Yorker
Michael Sragow
The boating scenes have a languid yet charged sexuality, and the performances remain vibrant and rock-solid to the end.
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
An intelligently made (and beautifully edited) picture that at the very least has a spark of life to it -- more than you can say for plenty of movies that flow through the Hollywood pipeline without a hitch.
Observer
Andrew Sarris
In old-fashioned screenwriting parlance, Ms. Shreve's novel proved too difficult a text to 'lick,' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
Kathryn Bigelow, it's like she's directing two films. They have very distinct styles, and everybody gets their say and gets their moment.
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