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Dahlia Williams is starting a new life; newly separated with a new job and a new apartment, she's determined to put her relationship with her estranged husband behind her and devote herself to raising...( read more 
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MCT:August 7, 2008the mother daughter story in this film is so touching. i didnt find the film scary though. loved the actors in it. especially jennifer connelly.very emotional!
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MCT:July 29, 2008
I believed this movie received more hype than it should have. I was caught off gaurd on a couple of scenes, but it didn't give me the type of horror thrill I was expecting.
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MCT:July 24, 2008Nobody's gonna be too into this one. The look was good. The japanese original was slow & scary. This one is just bland.
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MCT:July 14, 2008
I liked this, dark undertone, but keeps you wondering what will happen next but it's for ones with patience.
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MCT:July 1, 2008I expected more from this movie. There wasn't much horror involved. I don't consider a flooded room as scary. Only towards the end does it involve anything remotely scary. Even then, it didn't creep me out like a horror movie should. I also didn't like the finale too much (I'm biased for happy endings).
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MCT:May 25, 2008This sucked. Boring, stupid, and generally lacklustre. I hope the Japanese original was better than this waste of time. Not scary, not thrilling, not even very engaging. Avoid it!
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MCT:May 23, 2008
Another american knock-off this isn't a bad tale and the acting by the little girl is very good indeed.
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MCT:May 9, 2008It was an okay movie, I guess.
The storyline, I think, is pretty unique. The whole movie, though, lacked entertainment.
It's just like any other horror movie, basically.
I guess I recommend it if you like horror movies. But, it's not that scary. -
MCT:May 7, 2008
Liked this one, the movie was dark and creepy but its one of the things that made it work, and it actually made me cry.
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MCT:May 5, 2008
Love Jennifer Connelly, Love John C. Reilly, Love Tim Roth and I Love the Motorcycle Diaries but this Dark Water is simply a remake of a movie that was boring to begin with and is slightly saved this time around by the much better cast and director then Dark Water really deserves.
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MCT:April 21, 2008
Yikes this film is depressing not to mention the lack of suspense i felt watching what i thought woukld be a good thriller
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MCT:April 11, 2008Didn't recapture the atmospheric brillience of the original but it did include more of a profile and background to the co characters such as the manager and the super of the apartment building. Jennifer Connelly was just amazing and really brought depth and emotion to Dahlia.
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MCT:March 31, 2008Not a bad remake of a Japanese horror(as if we needed another one).In this one,Jennifer Connelly plays a young woman trying to start a new life with her daughter and put her seperation with her husband behind her.When they move into a flat,things get strange when a leak in the bedroom ceiling gets worse and voices and walking around are heard from the upstairs flat although it's meant to be empty.The janiter blames it on local kids,but does he know more than he's letting on?Then things get more disturbing when Connelly's daughter,Ceci,starts talking to an imaginery friend which in turn,starts to ruin her school life and make her mother look unstable.Jennifer Connelly is as good as ever and the cast,including Tim Roth,Pete Postlethwaite and Dougray Scott put in decent enough performances and although this is just another remake and nothing special,overall,it's a pretty good psychological thriller.
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MCT:March 30, 2008
For yet another remake of a Japanese horror this was actually reasonably enjoyable. I feel that this version is less of a horror and more of a supernatural drama, as supernatual events are focused on less than the bond between the mother and daughter, and on the mother's past. Those aspects were looked at in more detail than the original, and I liked that. However, as cheesy as the ghost effects were in the original, I think I preferred them to the otherwise normal looking Natasha in this film.
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MCT:March 29, 2008
I haven't seen the Japanese movie, so I can't compare, but I thought this was a little bit scary. I'm glad I had my friends besides me xD
All actors did really well, and I especially liked Tim Roth's character -
MCT:March 19, 2008
I honestly don't think you can label this movie a suspence.. not even a thriller.. just a tad bit towards the end doez it get good... a major let down
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MCT:March 15, 2008
Hoo boy, where to start with this one...?
The Dark Water remake, at least publicly and commercially, was doomed from the start. I get the feeling that Walter Salles and the studio were at odds with what to do with this movie. On one hand, the Big Movie Men saw the success of The Ring and wanted to mold Dark Water, a very different movie, into something similar to cash in on that. Salles's intention seems to have been to remain true to the source material, which is less a horror movie than a sanguine family drama. This is all speculation, obviously, but I think it's the best explanation for what we got with this movie: two parts mother-daughter drama, one part generic horror movie. I've read a couple of things that corroborate my theory, but it's really pretty obvious.
There is a lot more going on, psychologically, in this movie than in the original. These elements are occasionally delivered pretty heavily, with a few of those obnoxious "explain it for the idiots" moments, but the majority of it is pretty seamless. Foundationally this movie isn't too different from Hideo Nakata's treatment, so the obvious reason for this new depth is Jennifer Connelly's performance. Her work is a fantastic portrait of a devoted mother, fraying at the edges. It is refreshing to see a talented actress giving such an involved and unashamed performance in something that was bound to be written off as a PG-13 Asian horror remake. She blows Hitomi Kuroki out of the water (no pun intended).
The movie isn't great - and upon watching it, I realized that the original wasn't either - but it has a lot of strong moments and a little bit of sludge. As I mentioned before, the infusion of "horror" into the narrative is really generic and an obvious bid at fitting the movie into its (ill-appointed) genre. The rest of the movie is stronger than that, though. It is atmospheric, dark and beautiful, composed and shot superbly by Salles and his DP. Aside from Connelly, the rest of the performances are spot-on, even Pete Posthethwaite's bizarre role as a foreign janitor.
The ending is interesting. I thought it was weak in the original and not particularly strong here; though it feels less tacked-on now, it also doesn't frame the movie as well. It's almost sappy.
Basically, what Dark Water amounts to is a fantastic, mature reworking of a rather dubious set of demands. The movie would never have been great no matter what treatment he'd given it, but he made something out of it that few other directors could have. It is not for everyone but it's commendable work. -
MCT:March 12, 2008DARK WATER (2005)
directed by Walter Salles
starring Jennifer Connelly, Tim Roth, John C. ReillyDark Water is another remake of a Hideo Nakata film based on a Koji Suzuki novel. Its not as good as The Ring but its way better than The Ring Two.This film is simple, its about a single mom moving in a new building with her daughter. Weird things happen with the appartment upstairs like water drifting from the ceiling. What is interesting here isnt the fright factor but mostly the psychological connection between the main character - played by Jennifer Connelly - and the water appearances, working as a good metaphore to show how she is slowly losing it.
The scary parts arent too laughable so its a good thing, and the atmosphere created is somehow harrowing but the drama is deeper and the characters are well-developed. Tim Roth seems like he is in a whole different movie though.
Walter Salles - The Motrocycle Diaries - does an interesting job here but the studio took over his work so its hard to tell what his actuall vision was. Better than most scary movies if you are willing to intellectualize what you see.
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MCT:March 10, 2008
helt ok version men blir ju ändå inte detsamma som orginalet..
America(och de flesta) tänker ju oftast bara på en sak... *visslar* -
MCT:February 23, 2008Even Though Jennifer Connelly Can Attract Everyone's Attention But This Story Is Too Stupid And The Ending's Awful Even Though Connelly Is Good She Cant Save The Movie From Drowning ANd God The Ending Was Terrible
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karthu1993posted 66 days ago -
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dark water is really scary but sad also i remember when i watched it
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