Review of Dark Water (2005) by Forrest S — 19 Nov 2009
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 simple, its about a single mom moving in a new building with her daughter. Weird things happen with the apartment upstairs like water drifting from the ceiling. What is interesting here isnt the fright factor but mostly the psychological connection between the main character - played by Jennifer Connelly - and the water appearances, working as a good metaphor to show how she is slowly losing it.The scary parts arent too laughable so its a good thing, and the atmosphere created is somehow harrowing but the drama is deeper and the characters are well-developed. Tim Roth seems like he is in a whole different movie though.Walter Salles - The Motrocycle Diaries - does an interesting job here but the studio took over his work so its hard to tell what his actual vision was. Better than most scary movies if you are willing to intellectualize what you see, but not that entertaining.
This review of Dark Water (2005) was written by Forrest S on 19 Nov 2009.
Dark Water has generally received mixed reviews.
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