Review of Water (1985) by Daniel P — 29 Mar 2009
An important film to see if not all that good, just barely socially conscious and iconoclastic enough to overcome its lack of a coherent story. This is very sensitive filmmaking and the acting (particularly the child actor Sarala) is quite good, but the film is hard to watch due to its incredibly slow pacing.
Stick with it, the second half is good (until the cop-out ending which I won't spoil), but there's just not enough there to overcome the excessive "build-up" of the first half. A letdown, overall.
This review of Water (1985) was written by Daniel P on 29 Mar 2009.
Water has generally received positive reviews.
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