Réalisation:
Walter SallesPhotographie:
Affonso BeatoMusique:
Angelo BadalamentiActeurs·trices:
Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Tim Roth, Dougray Scott, Pete Postlethwaite, Camryn Manheim, Ariel Gade, Perla Haney-Jardine, Elina Löwensohn (plus)Résumés(1)
Tout juste séparée de son mari, Dahlia a changé de job et s’est trouvé un nouvel appartement. Résolue à se battre pour obtenir la garde de sa fille Ceci, elle croit vivre le pire, et pourtant… Dans son nouvel appartement, délabré et exigu, Dahlia est rapidement confrontée à de mystérieux phénomènes : des bruits étranges lui parviennent de l’étage supérieur, de l’eau noire s’infiltre peu à peu jusqu’à envahir les lieux. Et les cauchemars font surface… (Buena Vista Home Ent. FR)
(plus)Critiques (5)
Film qui ne fonctionne pas du tout. Qu'est-ce que c'est en fait ? Un drame psychologique-social maladroitement transformé en un horreur moderne ? Si oui, la tension y est complètement absente et le motif clé du traumatisme de l'actrice principale est muet. Sans parler de la fin débile qui couronne le tout. Apparemment, le réalisateur lui-même ne savait pas ce que cela signifiait. Encore pire que Kruh 2 qui est stylistiquement similaire.
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It doesn't seem silly and dysfunctional at all to me. The details fit together, the partial scenes are shot very well, the atmosphere of the rainy city and the greenish filter of the camera perfectly evoke the depressing genius loci. I was fascinated by the convincing Jennifer Conelly and little Ariel Gade. The Brazilian, Salles, embarked on a Shyamalan-tuned intertwining of thriller, horror and social drama; unfortunately I would enjoy Dark Water much more as a psychological film than as this wonderful monster. The imported ghost story with a dead girl from the neighborhood is terribly transparent and completely unnecessarily dilutes the film's potential into something average that has been seen a hundred times over. The attempt to transform the fairground touch of the ghost jump-scares into a deeper message about motherly love is awkward and the end of the film fades out in false tones. It’s too bad, because I really like the atmosphere of Dark Water and it is definitely higher than average amongst the competition of similarly-tuned films.
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Excellent cinematography, good cast, and slow-moving nothing. Considering that nothing happens in the entire film except for the last few minutes and it has almost no atmosphere, it's surprising that I actually quite enjoyed it, even though it's the purest possible average.
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One big sigh. The first half of the film might seem like a psychological drama without any hint of suspense (I don't take puddles and stains seriously), but from the moment Dahlia goes to the laundry room, Dark Water turns around 180°. The subsequent haunting, however, is heavily unsuccessful because it doesn't work on a single level; the depression is conveyed too emptily even despite all efforts from Jennifer Connelly, and the script presents progressively more ridiculous lines minute by minute. By the time the exhausted ending rolls around, the cluster of unoriginal storylines (the house, a ghost, the friend) can only unravel into a simple sterile loss.
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An incredibly poorly directed film with a plot so dull that at times it made me sick. What was it actually about? A social drama? Horror? Neither. Just a poorly patched together mess without anything to capture the viewer's attention. I don't understand the inclusion of Jennifer Connelly as a character actress, but money probably plays a major role in that. The musical score is quite good and they successfully manage to create a dark, even depressive atmosphere in the first half (well-chosen setting, rain). However, overall, the result is a big failure, further compounded by the absolutely ridiculous conclusion.
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