Review of Waterworld (1995) by Jeffrey H — 28 Nov 2014
Overproduced, overbudget, bloated and a massive mess, Waterworld is all of these things. However, it's also a production designer's wet dream. The sets are incredible and showcase just how big Hollywood can be.
The scale of Waterworld is impressive to even the most jaded critic. Is it a good movie as a whole? No, absolutely not. The characters are uninteresting, there's a whirlpool of plot holes, and the film suffers from being too ambitious.
The film succeeds in it's scale at the same time, though. It almost acts like a sizzle reel for prop and set design students and while that doesn't make it a coherent or tight film, it makes it dazzling eye candy and sets the bar for what these kinds of event/concept films can do.
This review of Waterworld (1995) was written by Jeffrey H on 28 Nov 2014.
Waterworld has generally received mixed reviews.
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