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- DramaMysteryThriller
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- 90s
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The Weight of Water, 2000
English
USA, France
Profile of The Weight of Water
The mood of The Weight of Water is sexy, sexual, and gloomy. The plot centers around a dangerous attraction, infidelity, and an investigation. It is a drama, thriller, and mystery movie. Stylistically, The Weight of Water is nonlinear. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. The Weight of Water takes place, at least partly, on an island. The setting is New Hampshire and Norway. It happens in the 1990s. The Weight of Water is originally a true story and based on a book.
Summary of The Weight of Water
Two stories unravel simultaneously in this dark and suspenseful film. The first story, set in the present day, concerns a photographer, Jean (Catherine McCormack). She is working on an article for a magazine about a pair of bloody murders that happened 200 years before on the Isle of Shoals, just off the coast of New Hampshire. To get the pictures she needs she must visit the location of the murders, and so her husband, Thomas (Sean Penn), arranges a yachting trip with his brother, Rich (Josh Lucas), and Rich's girlfriend, Adaline (Elizabeth Hurley). The foursome pal around, enjoying the sea and the sun, while Adaline shamelessly seduces Thomas. Meanwhile, Jean is reliving the Isle of Shoals murders in her head, which is where the second story comes in. Maren (Sarah Polley) is a Norwegian woman who has recently immigrated to America with her husband. When her sister (Katrin Cartlidge) and sister-in-law (Vinessa Shaw) are brutally bludgeoned to death with an axe, she is the sole survivor, and thus the only one who knows the truth about what happened. The Weight of Water draws a parallel between these two tense episodes, as the surf swirls menacingly, foretelling imminent disaster.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA, France |
| Release date: | 6 July 2001 |
| Runtime: | 113 min |
Cast and Crew
as Adaline Gunne
as Jean Janes
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Critics Reviews
Entertainment Weekly
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- by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
San Francisco Chronicle
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- by: Carla Meyer
