Dark Water
Dahlia Williams and her daughter Cecelia, still wounded from a bitter custody dispute, hole up in a run-down apartment building. Adding further drama to their plight, they are targeted by the ghost of former resident.
27 February 1949, Middletown, Ohio, USA
24 May 1965, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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1 May 1997, San Jose, California, USA
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8 September 1996, Westfield, New Jersey, USA
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April 16, 2009
Esteemed Brazilian director Walter Salles ("The Motorcycle Diaries") falls flat on his face on his first Hollywood outing with a horror movie that will bore you to tears.
July 08, 2005
Like so many recent thrillers of this ilk, many of them in some way exploiting the 'innocence' of childhood -- the dumb and unpleasant Hide and Seek springs to mind -- Dark Water falls apart in the wind-down.
July 08, 2005
This is an eerie, relentlessly grim, invasive little movie -- a tone poem of despair that seeps into you like the damp.
July 10, 2008
Unfortunately, the supernatural element is underplayed to the extent that the story almost became nothing more than a domestic drama.
March 18, 2011
The supporting characters, in fact, are the most enjoyable part of the film, often more enjoyable than Connelly or Gade, each taking great advantage of their scenes to create real people in a short space of time.
July 12, 2005
It fails to deliver the narrative thrill twists its origins would promise.
July 08, 2005
A tasteful but unremitting bummer and yet one more case of an Oscar-winning actress proving that she can still do the kinds of disposable movies big awards are supposedly meant to banish from your résume forever.
April 29, 2009
Evolves from a supernatural mystery to a truly sad tragedy...
February 22, 2007
A moody, quirky movie that, although flawed, is worth a walk to the theatre in a gentle rain.
July 08, 2005
Working from a premise that's not only thin but transparent, Salles struggles mightily to generate tension in any other way possible.
May 24, 2007
This murky urban ghost story about a possible haunted hi rise of horrors, basically lets the all-natural creepiness already native to its NYC landscape just do its deadly thing, likely intensified by 9/11's architectural carnage.
July 08, 2005
Dark Water has more substance and a more interesting look than many horror films, but the familiar elements of the story disappoint.
