The story of a mentally anguished high school history teacher going through a complete reassessment of his life. His method for reassessing his life is to narrate it to his class and interweave in it three generations of his family's history.
Waterland has generally received positive reviews.
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Review of Waterland (1992)
By Anthony Lane (1,079) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 03 Jan 2018
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By Rita Kempley (781) for Washington Post (9,851) on 01 Jan 2000
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By Variety Staff (1,156) for Variety (12,700) on 23 Feb 2012
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By Janet Maslin (949) for New York Times (5,786) on 19 May 2003
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Waterland was released in 1992 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 27 reviews, giving Waterland (1992) an average rating of 63%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 72%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 65%.
With a score of 63%, Waterland is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1992, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1992 with similar scores include films like Under Siege, Far and Away and Hoffa.
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