Dark Waters
Three-time Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight) leads this exposé thriller playing the real-life corporate defense attorney who took on the DuPont chemical company polluting the town's water supply. From Academy Award-nominated director Todd Haynes (Carol) and co-starring Oscar winners Anne Hathaway and Tim Robbins.
- Director:
- Todd Haynes ('Carol', 'Far from Heaven', 'I'm Not There')
- Writer:
- Matthew CarnahanMario Correa
- Cast:
- Mark RuffaloAnne HathawayTim RobbinsBill CampVictor GarberMare WinninghamBill PullmanWilliam Jackson Harper
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Steve Newall
flicksWhile Dark Waters may be watchable enough, and its true story rage-inducing, there’s a reason it didn’t trouble awards season as a winner (or even contender) itself—a competently told tale, sure, but one that doesn’t do much to distinguish itself from other legal dramas outside of its subject matter.
Dark Waters might be one of the most subtly thrilling ‘based on true events’ films I’ve seen. It masterfully builds and releases tension through its editing, music, and sound design. It tells its story efficiently and effectively, keeping the pace to the point, and delivering on the beats that matter. - letterboxd.com/therealclose
New Zealand Listener
pressRather than rely on the flashy, here Haynes simply lets the terrible facts speak for themselves. It’s not a fun watch, but it is an engrossing indictment of commercial greed and disregard for human life.
Newshub
pressPatient, procedural, potent, I urge you to take the dive and swim these Dark Waters. You may feel the need for a scalding hot shower afterwards and even then you might find yourself wondering what was in the water.
FilmInk
press… likeable not only for what it includes but for what it excludes: excessive swelling strings, histrionic speeches and ‘redemptive’ messages.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressThe groundswell of dogged determination propelling this environmental thriller is so powerful that it deals effortlessly with the knotty tangle of facts packed into its plot.
Stuff
pressA true-life tale filled with twists, turns and thought-provoking and troubling messages, Dark Waters is compelling viewing and a reminder of the irony of DuPont's famous slogan "better living through chemistry".
Vulture
pressThe bad guys have all the money but at least we have indie filmmakers and movie stars like Ruffalo.
Los Angeles Times
pressSeeing "Dark Waters" makes you wonder not why more people don't call corporations to account, but why anyone does. And makes us all the more grateful when they do.
Time Out
pressOf course we all hate insidious environmental destruction; it's valuable to have movies about that. This one works fine enough. But let the other less-talented filmmakers make them.
Hollywood Reporter
pressIt's a sad but honest view of the meagre amount many people can expect from life.
Variety
pressTodd Haynes has made the first corporate thriller that's a call to action because you'll emerge from it feeling anything but safe.
Flicks, Steve Newall
flicksWhile Dark Waters may be watchable enough, and its true story rage-inducing, there’s a reason it didn’t trouble awards season as a winner (or even contender) itself—a competently told tale, sure, but one that doesn’t do much to distinguish itself from other legal dramas outside of its subject matter.
New Zealand Listener
pressRather than rely on the flashy, here Haynes simply lets the terrible facts speak for themselves. It’s not a fun watch, but it is an engrossing indictment of commercial greed and disregard for human life.
Newshub
pressPatient, procedural, potent, I urge you to take the dive and swim these Dark Waters. You may feel the need for a scalding hot shower afterwards and even then you might find yourself wondering what was in the water.
FilmInk
press… likeable not only for what it includes but for what it excludes: excessive swelling strings, histrionic speeches and ‘redemptive’ messages.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressThe groundswell of dogged determination propelling this environmental thriller is so powerful that it deals effortlessly with the knotty tangle of facts packed into its plot.
Stuff
pressA true-life tale filled with twists, turns and thought-provoking and troubling messages, Dark Waters is compelling viewing and a reminder of the irony of DuPont's famous slogan "better living through chemistry".
Vulture
pressThe bad guys have all the money but at least we have indie filmmakers and movie stars like Ruffalo.
Los Angeles Times
pressSeeing "Dark Waters" makes you wonder not why more people don't call corporations to account, but why anyone does. And makes us all the more grateful when they do.
Time Out
pressOf course we all hate insidious environmental destruction; it's valuable to have movies about that. This one works fine enough. But let the other less-talented filmmakers make them.
Hollywood Reporter
pressIt's a sad but honest view of the meagre amount many people can expect from life.
Variety
pressTodd Haynes has made the first corporate thriller that's a call to action because you'll emerge from it feeling anything but safe.
Dark Waters might be one of the most subtly thrilling ‘based on true events’ films I’ve seen. It masterfully builds and releases tension through its editing, music, and sound design. It tells its story efficiently and effectively, keeping the pace to the point, and delivering on the beats that matter. - letterboxd.com/therealclose
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