The Washington Post
If the story seems a little waterlogged, it's still big, loud, and fun to watch.
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Waterworld
Kevin Costner leads this 1995 post-apocalyptic blockbuster set in a future where the polar ice caps have melted, causing the world to be submerged in water. The Mariner (Costner), a lone mutant, leaves his solitary existance to help a woman and a young girl flee from evil forces and find dry land.
Before Titanic, Waterworld was the most expensive movie ever made with a reported budget of $175 million USD. Kevin Costner personally funded an eighth of the cost.
Less1995Rating: M135 minsUSA
ActionAdventureScience FictionClassicBlockbuster
Waterworld | Reviews
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Variety
"Waterworld" is a not-bad futuristic actioner with three or four astounding sequences, an unusual hero, a nifty villain and less mythic and romantic resonance than might be desired.
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RogerEbert.com
Kevin Costner obviously decided to play his character as a poker-faced outsider, not entirely human, and although that's a logical choice it isn't a very entertaining one...
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