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06/24/06
Dark Water (2005)
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Reviews Counted:144
Fresh:66
Rotten:78
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: All the atmospherics in Dark Water can't make up for the lack of genuine scares.
Theatrical Release:22-07-2005
Synopsis: Acclaimed director Walter Salles ("Central Station," "The Motorcycle Diaries") helms and Academy Award®-winner Jennifer Connelly stars in DARK WATER, a psychological thriller featuring a stellar... [More]
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Ariel Gade, Dougray Scott, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Walter Salles
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07/22/05
Dark Water is a failure as a horror movie.
07/19/05
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08/07/05
Interesting and unsettling, but never terrifying.
07/22/05
Top CriticA watered-down version of the Japanese original, Salles’s remake is still an enjoyable, atmospheric horror flick, with strong performances from its cast.
07/31/05
The strong cast, intriguing visuals and subtle scripting keep things introspective and unsettling, until Hollywood takes over.
06/29/05
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07/16/05
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07/09/05
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09/26/05
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01/15/08
Director Walter Salles' remake of a Japanese horror film isn't particularly scary or intense; it's just depressing.
07/08/05
Top CriticAs we call it around the FilmStew water cooler, “The Second in a Series of Jennifer Connelly's Attempts to Find Reasonably Priced Real Estate.”
07/08/05
A great deal of nothing happens . . . before the reveal that isn’t so much a twist as pretty much what everyone was expecting from about five minutes into the proceedings
07/07/05
...nicely atmospheric, but the atmosphere isn’t quite enough to sustain interest in the absence of fright.
07/30/05
A tasteful but unremitting bummer and yet one more case of an Oscar-winning actress proving that she can still do the kinds of disposable movies big awards are supposedly meant to banish from your résume forever.
07/08/05
Pervasively chilling but never frightening.
07/12/05
Nearly everything about Dark Water seems at once familiar and inscrutable.
07/08/05
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