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- GhostPsychologicalHaunted By the PastEstrangementDangerMind and SoulSupernaturalSingle Parent more...
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- HorrorThrillerDrama
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- Contemporary21st Century
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- New YorkUSA
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Dark Water, 2005
English
USA
Profile of Dark Water
The mood of Dark Water is atmospheric, scary, and suspenseful. The plot centers around estrangement, ghosts, and being haunted by the past. It is a thriller, horror, and drama movie. In approach, Dark Water is serious. The setting is New York. It happens in contemporary times. Dark Water is inspired by a film and based on a book.
Summary of Dark Water
Based on a story by Japanese novelist Koji Suzuki and a film by Hideo Nakata (THE RING), DARK WATER is a thrilling exercise in psychological terror. Jennifer Connelly stars as Dahlia, a troubled woman who is battling her husband, Kyle (Dougray Scott), for custody of their young daughter, Ceci (Ariel Gade). Low on cash, Dahlia moves with Ceci into a creepy apartment building on Roosevelt Island in New York City--and soon discovers that something very wrong is going on one floor above them. As black water drips down ominously from the ceiling in her bedroom, Dahlia is unable to get help from the real estate agent in charge (the appropriately mysterious John C. Reilly) or his very strange employee (a grizzled Pete Postlethwaite). Around the time Ceci starts going to her new school, she also seems to have developed a very dangerous invisible friend with eerie ties to the apartment above. Believing that Kyle might be gaslighting her, Dahlia turns to a rather curious lawyer (Tim Roth) who appears to work out of his car. All the while, memories of her strained relationship with her mother begin flooding her mind and giving her debilitating migraines. Brazilian director Walter Salles's (THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES, CENTRAL STATION) first Hollywood film, DARK WATER cleverly paces itself before unleashing a terrifying conclusion.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 27 June 2005 |
| Runtime: | 105 min |
Cast and Crew
as Dahlia Williams
as Cecilia 'Ceci' Williams
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Critics Reviews
Los Angeles Times
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- by: Kevin Crust
Chicago Tribune
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- by: Michael Wilmington
Users Reviews
- 22.March.2009
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- by: Matthew
- Matthew rated this movie
4/10Disappointing
- 20.March.2009
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- by: sethdellinger
- sethdellinger rated this movie0/10
