Dark Water

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Dark Water

PG-13,

2005,

1h 45m,

Mystery & Thriller/

Horror

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47%

148 Reviews

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28%

100,000+ Ratings

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148 Reviews

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Dahlia (Jennifer Connelly) wants to move away from her ex-husband, Kyle (Dougray Scott), and take her daughter, Ceci (Ariel Gade), with her. Relocating to a dreary tower block, Dahlia and Ceci discover eerie, dark water leaking through the ceiling of their new apartment. Dahlia petitions the supervisor (Pete Postlethwaite) and the building's owner (John C. Reilly) to fix the leak, yet it only gets worse. Now having nightmares about the dripping, Dahlia is driven to confront the problem herself.

Critics Consensus

All the atmospherics in Dark Water can't make up for the lack of genuine scares.

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David Ansen

Newsweek

Mar 14, 2018

This dank, dark and disturbing psychological horror film is a remake of a Hideo Nakata chiller, but the film it most evokes is Roman Polanski's Repulsion, another tale of mental instability and bad real estate.

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Dan Jolin

Empire Magazine

Jul 22, 2005

3/5

Interesting and unsettling, but never terrifying.

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Nev Pierce

BBC.com

Jul 19, 2005

2/5

Dark Water is a failure as a horror movie.

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Kaleem Aftab

The List

Apr 25, 2019

3/5

That fatal flaw that this shares with the original is the best part of the film being in the initial plot-revealing 20 minutes. From here, it fails to build on the tension.

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Joshua Starnes

ComingSoon.net

Mar 18, 2011

5/10

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.

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Apr 29, 2009

Evolves from a supernatural mystery to a truly sad tragedy...

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Leia S

Oct 13, 2018

Dark Water Overall Dark Water gets a 10/10 because this movie has a completely different feel and it is not a Horror film at all and more of a Drama Psychological Thriller mixed with Horror Elements plus Jennifer Connelly's performance in the movie makes it even better and she also brings the film to life with her stunning performance that can interest any audience.

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Draco W

Mar 2, 2018

It suffers from the basic cliches of a horror movie (mainly jump/fake scares) but Dark Water is redeemed enough by its legitimately effective atmosphere and a good central performance from Jennifer Connelly.

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Leia R

Jan 18, 2018

super terribad. boring and a downer. pretty useless. and i realized after a while that i watched this before, probably when it first came out. but i didn't remember anything, if at all it was as it was happening. this sux (2 viewings)

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Harry S

Nov 4, 2017

Pretty decent suspense/haunting movie with Connelly playing a recently separated mom moving to NYC's Roosevelt Island with her young daughter, well played by Ariel Gade. The movie lays on the atmosphere without going overboard with the supernatural element. The unexpected ending really brought the film up a notch.

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Albus R

Oct 17, 2017

I've seen worse. At least the acting is solid.

Finn G

Aug 30, 2017

It doesn't achieve the scares or the ending of the original, but it's a surprising remake with a great atmosphere. The actors are all great.

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Walter Salles

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Jennifer Connelly

Dahlia Williams

John C. Reilly

Mr. Murray

Tim Roth

Jeff Platzer

Dougray Scott

Kyle

Pete Postlethwaite

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Synopsis

Dahlia (Jennifer Connelly) wants to move away from her ex-husband, Kyle (Dougray Scott), and take her daughter, Ceci (Ariel Gade), with her. Relocating to a dreary tower block, Dahlia and Ceci discover eerie, dark water leaking through the ceiling of their new apartment. Dahlia petitions the supervisor (Pete Postlethwaite) and the building's owner (John C. Reilly) to fix the leak, yet it only gets worse. Now having nightmares about the dripping, Dahlia is driven to confront the problem herself.

Director: Walter Salles
Producer: Doug Davison, Roy Lee, Bill Mechanic
Screenwriter: Rafael Yglesias
Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co: Touchstone Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment, Pandemonium
Rating: PG-13 (Terror|Disturbing Situations)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 8, 2005, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $25.5M
Runtime: 1h 45m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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