The Water Diviner
Russell Crowe makes his directorial debut with this war story set after the Battle of Gallipoli in 1919 - the World War I campaign fought by ANZAC, Turkish and Allied troops - about an Australian farmer (Crowe) who travels to Turkey to find his three missing sons. Co-stars Olga Kurylenko.
2014Rating: M, Mature themes and violence111 minsAustralia, Turkey, USA
DramaWar
The Water Diviner | Reviews
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The Guardian
A postcard war melodrama illuminated by beautiful colours and sunshine-through-leaves lighting.
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Sydney Morning Herald
The romanticism and sentiment take hold; repetitions and flashbacks crowd in, along with slow-motion camera effects that no-one really needs.
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SBS
The movie's not without its problems, but it's hard to fault its reverent determination to look beyond the jingoism of the Anzac Legend, to make salient points about reconciliation.
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Hollywood Reporter
Russell Crowe taps a deep well of symbolism, cultural empathy and good old-fashioned storytelling.
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FilmInk
An awkward beast, one that's too large and unwieldy for intimate drama, yet too small for the enormous frame that it hopes to fill.
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The Water Diviner | Release Details
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