Dark Water 2005
- Director: Walter Salles
- Seen by this director: Paris je t’aime, The Motorcycle Diaries
- Based on the book by Koji Suzuki
- Cast: Jennifer Connelly, Ariel Gade, John C Reilly, Tim Roth, Dougray Scott, Pete Postlethwaite
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Jennifer Connelly – many
- John C Reilley – many
- Tim Roth – many including Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
- Pete Postlethwaite – many including Romeo and Juliet
- Why? The cast
- Seen: 8 July 2024
Dahlia
(Connelly) is in the middle of a nasty divorce. She moves with her little girl
Ceci (Gade) into a slummy apartment. There are problems, leaks, troublesome
neighbours, ghosts.
It’s a scary
movie so it gets scary, but it also very sad. Dahlia is haunted by a traumatic
childhood and she has serious economic problems. Her lawyer (Roth) pretends to
have a family but is alone and lonely.
The cast is terrific. It’s definitely a cut above most so-called scary films I’ve seen.
3½ * of 5
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