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The Weight of Water
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781589712904
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1589712900
Label: Lions Gate
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
MPN: D71429D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 04, 2003
Running Time: 113 minutes
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
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Editorial Review:
This complicated mystery, directed with passionate intensity by Katherine Bigelow (Near Dark), deserves better than the paltry distribution it received in theaters. Granted, it's a tough sell: a contrast between the emotional unrest in a group of modern travelers and a hundred-year-old murder case on a desolate New England island. A photographer (Catherine McCormack) is researching the old case, and we flip back and forth between time periods as she uncovers new clues. The parallel-story structure is often tricky to pull off in movies, and Bigelow, working from the Anita Shreve novel, doesn't entirely solve it here. But the old mystery, set in a strict Norwegian community, is compelling, and the cast is stronger than the material: Sarah Polley and the late Katrin Cartlidge are stand-outs in the 1873 scenes, and Sean Penn (believably insufferable) and Elizabeth Hurley flirt naughtily in the modern. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Nice Movie
I loved this move, I saw it on-demand and I must have watched it everyday. I finally decided to purchase it, and this was the cheapest price. Believe it or not, this is a true story.
Rating: - The Book is Better - I agree with another reviewer
This film has a talented cast but the beauty of this story within a story is that it is a prequel to Anita Shreve's The Last Time They Met. The story has potential that just doesn't translate well into film. Partly because Shreve is a master storyteller whose prose is very strong on subtext and context. Best to read the book then watch the movie of love loss betrayal and affairs that never die. Penn does a great job of brining the brooding poet Thomas Jane to life.
Rating: - Weighty, and Watery. Great Moments Better Than Whole.
This film tells two stories. The first, a murder mystery occurring in what appears to be 19th century New England in an immigrant community. The second, the story of two couples - brothers played by Sean Penn and Josh Lucas with, respectively wife (Catherine McCormack) and girlfriend (Elizabeth Hurley) - on a short holiday somewhat casually investigating the matter as they sail around the locale. The timelines are well demarcated cinematically through color and sound (with a couple of odd cuts), ... Read More
Rating: - ...and Liz Hurley Sucking Provocatively on Everything.
This movie should have been titled "The Weight of Water... and Liz Hurley Sucking Provocatively on Everything."
As an Anita Shreve fan (this film was based on her book, which was a fabulous read BTW), I approached it with one of those "the movies are never as good as the book" attitudes.
I was partially wrong. In some ways, it eclipsed the book and in others, it fell short. The eclipsing parts make up for the shortcomings and so it is a film I'd recommend to a select type ... Read More
Rating:  - I am totally shattered by Sarah Polley's performance here...
Say what you want about this movie...structurally, story-telling-wise, or even about its entire modern day arc. I am putting the performance Sarah Polley gives here in my all-time greats pantheon. This, my friends, is an actress to be reckoned with.
I have yet to read Anita Shreve's book. I will be after watching this movie. And while I usually prefer the written word to film adaptations, I am fearful that there will be nothing on the page that will be able to hold a candle to the fierce ... Read More
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