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	Dark Water (JAPAN 2002)
		Anyone who's seen enough scary movies knows that some ghosts are just lost souls who need to be told to "go towards the light" or are perhaps in dire need of a proper burial to put their spirit at ease.
		Dark Water is a very cathartic film and will probably have more of an emotional impact on viewers who come from divorced families themselves.
		Dark Water is an engaging and emotional thriller with a low body count and high intellect.
	www.lovehkfilm.com /panasia/dark_water.htm (1202 words)

	Classic-Horror Review of Dark Water (2002)
		The movie is layered with the struggle of a mother and her child.
		It's apparent from the foundation of the movie that this character is unbalanced, and is perhaps on the brink of a collapse.
		Dark Water is another ideal reason to turn your eyes in the direction of Asian horror; it's a totally diverse field for the genre.
	classic-horror.com /reviews/darkwater.shtml (979 words)

	Midnight Eye review: Dark Water (Honogurai Mizu No Soko Kara, 2002, director: Hideo NAKATA)
		Hideo Nakata understands the concept of the old building that is alive and chose to set his film Dark Water in this type of location: an old, moldy, concrete apartment building.
		In the program for Dark Water he states, "If you were to ask me whether I love horror from the bottom of my heart, I would have to say no." But there's no denying that he excels at making creepy films, Dark Water included.
		Dark Water is a victim of its good points.
	www.midnighteye.com /reviews/darkwater.shtml (1091 words)

	SARUDAMA.COM: Japanese Movie Reviews: Dark Water - Honogurai mizu no soko kara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		As she touches the water, she is overcome with dizziness and a sharp headache (and ominous music suddenly is heard in the background).
		Water is overflowing from the tower as she slowly makes her way up the first ladder at the base of the tank.
		Water is inches deep throughout the apartment and water is running full blast from the sinks and bathtub.
	www.sarudama.com /movies/darkwater.shtml (6052 words)

	LVJeff Reviews: After the Fact 2002
		The movie wraps itself in the guise of a dark and quirky comedy, but it isn't as quirky as it thinks it is and its comedy is generally mean-spirited, using largely stereotypical two-dimensional side characters to emphasize (with a capital "E") the lameness of the Texas boondocks world the protagonist (Jennifer Aniston) is trapped in.
		The movie isn't horrible because it's so obviously non-serious, but just being wink-wink silly isn't enough to breathe life into it, especially when the special effects are bad and the writing is on auto-pilot, leading to one of the worst climaxes in filmdom.
		The movie is quiet, subtly haunting, and presented as a puzzle, shifting from the present to several parts of the past without warning, while offering a mystery for the viewers to solve.
	www.windowtothemovies.com /af2002.html (1699 words)

	Living Corpse » Reviews » Dark Water (2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Based on a story by Koji Suzuki and directed by Hideo Nakata, it's inevitable that “Dark Water” should have much in common with “Ringu.” This time, the iconic dead little long-haired Japanese girl is Mitsuko (Mirei Oguchi), a sad little girl who met her watery end soon after her mother abandoned her.
		Most of the scares of the movie rely upon Yoshimi's own intense fear, though “Dark Water” isn't as much of a slow-burner as “Ringu”: the ghost is revealed early on, in a series of gradually lengthening glimpses.
		Without the right setting, “Dark Water” does tend to fall apart somewhat: the idea of having a dead body in a water tank supplying an apartment block is, retrospectively, much scarier than the idea of being stalked by the ghost of a dead child.
	livingcorpse.com /reviews/darkwater.shtml (471 words)

	Scifilm -- Reviews, DARK WATER (2002)
		It is unusual, to say the least, for a young director to have five of his small catalog of films remade, being remade, or planned for remake.
		The humiliation she feels at the revelation of her stay in the sanitarium and following her physical attack on Hamada is all in body language and tone of voice.
		DARK WATER is one of those motion pictures that should be experienced fresh, with little foreknowledge.
	www.scifilm.org /reviews3/darkwater.html (1841 words)

	KidScore Movie Reviews Dark Water (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Dahlia is hanging onto her stability by a thread in a dilapidated, worn-out old apartment building with "dark water" dripping in the elevators and in her apartment.
		She was featured on WCCO radio for three years on the “Dark in the Morning” show with Dark Star.
		Linda sees over 150 movies a year and has had the opportunity to interview a number of directors and actors when they are in town.
	www.mediafamily.org /kidscore/movies_dark_water.shtml (446 words)

	Dark Water (2002) - A Review by David Nusair
		Dark Water marks Nakata's return to the horror genre, and while it's a bit too derivitive of the original Ringu (both films are based on books by the same author), the movie remains somewhat compelling due mostly to his inventive direction.
		From the clinical look of Yoshimi's office to the apartment's dank and dreary ambience, Nakata's strongest suit is clearly his ability to establish a tone that's both creepy and off-putting; there's not a single location in the film that's particularly inviting.
		But too many elements in Dark Water were put to better effect in Ringu, including the whole water motif and the use of a little girl with long hair as an object of terror.
	www.reelfilm.com /darkwatr.htm (498 words)

	Amazon.com: Dark Water (Unrated Widescreen Edition): DVD: Walter Salles,Jennifer Connelly,John C. Reilly,Tim ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Mysterious noises, persistent leaks of dark water, and strange happenings cause her imagination to run wild, sending her on a puzzling and mystifying pursuit to find out who is behind the endless mind games.
		DARK WATER concerns a young woman named Dahlia Williams (Jennifer Connelly) who is going through a messy custody battle with her husband over their daughter, Cecelia.
		Dark Tones abound in this film as it's able to scare you at time's simply by placing you in this giant, old apartment complex, with it's ugly painted wall's, bleak skyline, and of course, the dark water.
	www.amazon.com /Water-Unrated-Widescreen-Walter-Salles/dp/B000AWYOGE (2580 words)

	Japanese Movie Review \| Dark Water (2002) Hideo Nakata, Hitomi Kuroki
		"Dark Water" is yet another film that fits squarely into this genre, and as such it invariably involves a vengeful female spirit back from the dead for payback.
		In fact, I might have liked "Dark Water" a lot more if it had gotten rid of its clumsy ghost elements and done a movie about a woman seeking some security and fairness in a country dominated by men in every sector of life.
		If there is one other good thing I can say about "Dark Water", it's this: now that everyone has gotten their fill of these copycat films, maybe they'll stop making them.
	www.beyondhollywood.com /reviews/darkwater.htm (881 words)

	Amazon.com: Dark Water: DVD: Hideo Nakata,Hitomi Kuroki,Rio Kanno,Mirei Oguchi,Asami Mizukawa,Fumiyo Kohinata,Yu ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Dark Water is Japanese horror auteur Hideo Nakata's return to the genre after his Ring cycle made you too scared to watch television ever again.
		A water leak from the supposedly abandoned apartment above gets bigger and bigger, a child's satchel reappears even though Yoshimi throws it away several times, and she is haunted by the image of a child wearing a yellow mackintosh who bears a striking resemblance to a young girl who disappeared several years before.
		The story of the movie is rather orginial, however the overall story line downplays the excitement and general suspense that you would expect in a horror movie.
	www.amazon.com /Dark-Water-Hideo-Nakata/dp/B0009KA2UO (2010 words)

	Dark Water - Movie Review
		Dahlia begins to wonder if her mind is playing tricks on her - but there is definitely something in the water, and the building's secrets, so far emerging only in a trickle, are soon to come pouring out in a deluge that threatens to overwhelm mother and daughter alike.
		The effect of déjà vu is all the stronger, however, because 'Dark Water' is in fact a remake of a Japanese film, refashioning for western eyes what has already been seen in Hideo Nakata's Honogurai mizu no soko kara/Dark Water (2002).
		'Dark Water' oozes the sort of moodily textured atmosphere that can only be achieved by a film soaked, as it is, in perpetual, noirish rain.
	www.movie-gazette.com /cinereviews/1372 (699 words)

	Dark Water (Honogurai mizu no soko kara) (2002)
		With the worry of finding a job to support her child, and the stress of meetings with her ex-husband who threatens to take custody of their daughter, she takes pretty much the first cheap apartment she finds.
		If that isn't bad enough, enter a mysterious (and creepy-as-hell) apparition of a little emotionless girl in a yellow raincoat, strange noises from the ceiling, a local legend of a child disappearing from the local kindergarten two years earlier, and the constant and relentless downpour of monsoon season as a backdrop.
		Dark Water proves to be a pleasingly creepy night at the movies.
	www.moviepie.com /filmfests/dark_water.htm (371 words)

	zBoneman Movie Reviews
		Dark Water is the latest Americanized revamp of beloved Japanese thrillers by director Hideo Nakata (The Ring, The Ring 2 and The Grudge).
		The first manifestation of which is a nasty dark water stain that appears in mom's bedroom and the pitter pat of footsteps just above in the ominous apartment 10F.
		As it turns out Dark Water is a pretty straight forward psychological thriller, and I use the word thriller loosely here, because the film never does manage any very effective scares, or even any very disturbing images akin to The Ring or The Grudge.
	www.zboneman.com /movies/Dark-Water-1172.html (1235 words)

	Dark Water (2005 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dark Water is a 2005 American horror film directed by Walter Salles and starring Jennifer Connelly.
		The film is a remake of the 2002 Japanese film of the same name, and also stars John C. Reilly, Tim Roth, Perla Haney-Jardine of Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004) fame and Ariel Gade.
		When “Dark Water” opens, we see a young girl standing outside after school in the rain, waiting for her mother, who has yet to show up.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dark_Water_(2005_film) (1026 words)

	Dark Water / Honogurai mizu no soko kara
		Dark Water is, partly due to this, a rather non-visual film: the threatening meaning of a child’s little red bag, out of context, doesn’t carry across to screenshots.
		But that is part of the mystery and power of this movie: the safest, most ordinary of objects are imbued with inherent evil, and so it follows for the places where most people feel secure: their own bathroom, their own hall corridor, their child’s kindergarten.
		Dark Water is an indispensable work of art for anyone who loves beautiful, intelligent, classy filmmaking in general, and not just for horror fans.
	www.mandiapple.com /snowblood/darkwater.htm (1504 words)

	[KFCC] Dark Water Review
		Mind you I did not find that her character added to the fear factor in the movie, having her freak out at the strange events did not make me freak out anymore, it is just freaky to begin with.
		Overall this movie was very enjoyable, the creepy vibe was so strong that there were times I thought of just stopping the movie not out of fear but out of that ever tension.
		There is good deal of similarity of style between the two movies, having seen Ring I believe it reduced somewhat the effect of this movie.
	www.kfccinema.com /reviews/horror/darkwater/darkwater.html (863 words)

	Dark Water (2002)
		Dark Water is very suggestive, barely explicit and would be better categorized as a psychological thriller.
		Dark Water bears much similarity to Ringu, but again proves Nakata to be a master in constructing a perfect scary movie.
		The only negative aspect about Dark Water is the fact that you’ll undoubtedly have to pay the bathroom a visit after seeing it.
	www.chokingonpopcorn.com /popcorn/?p=242 (674 words)

	Honogurai mizu no soko kara (2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Plot Outline: A mother and her 6 year old daughter move into a creepy apartment whose every surface is permeated by water.
		Dark Water continues Nakata's ability of unsettling audiences with little devices.
		It lacks the depth of Ringu and the epilogue's search for a greater significance is a little plodding and out of place, but it is still an effective ghost story that is a painfully slow at times but only serves to make it genuinely unnerving and creepy throughout.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0308379 (999 words)

	Dark Water (2002) - Movie Review
		Dark Water's attempts at creeping us out with half-assed frights and a pathetic story do little to alter that legacy.
		The story is based on a simple premise: Divorcee and daughter move into a creepy apartment building that is constantly dripping water from the cieling.
		So much of Dark Water is contrived that it defies the mind to try to make sense of it.
	www.contactmusic.com /new/film.nsf/reviews/darkwater2002 (265 words)

	Dark Water - Movie Review (Honogurai mizu no soko kara )
		With "Dark Water", the pair has reunited to make another ghost story involving a single mother, a creepy girl and a watery grave - but there all resemblances end.
		"Dark Water" positively oozes atmosphere, building up the tension slowly before allowing it to overflow into irrational shocks and strange epiphanies.
		In the end, the keynote of "Dark Water" is not so much horror as an overwhelming sadness, in this masterpiece of tormented souls.
	www.movie-gazette.com /cinereviews/221 (516 words)

	Dark Water (Movie - 2005) \| movies : ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
		At the beginning of Dark Water, Dahlia (Jennifer Connelly), accompanied by her young daughter, Ceci (Ariel Gade), is given a tour of what may be the single cruddiest apartment building the characters in a Hollywood thriller have ever been forced to occupy.
		The elevator is a lurching steel box, and the residential unit, with its blocky claustrophobic chambers, corroded fake-wood cabinets, and rotten fl water spot on the ceiling, is about as inviting as a flophouse for crackheads.
		Dahlia, who is in the middle of a bitter custody battle, has no money and no career (she gets a job pushing papers at an X-ray clinic), and she needs to live in a place that's close to a decent public school.
	www.ew.com /ew/article/review/movie/0,6115,1080046_1_0_,00.html (648 words)

	Dark Water - Movie Rental Review
		Pushing the edge of PG-13 with regard to scary scenes and family tensions, DARK WATER's greatest strength is Jennifer Connelly.
		On one level, this seems funny (or ironic), that he lawyer is so unable to bring order to her nightmare; on the other hand, his inability to help suggests that Dahlia is abandoned, much as she has feared since she was a child.
		Families who like this movie might also want to see the Japanese movie on which it's based, Honogurai mizu no soko kara (2002), The Others, The Ring, The Haunting (1963), or Panic Room (rated R, and also focused on a mother protecting her daughter).
	www.commonsensemedia.org /movie-reviews/Dark-Water.html (877 words)

	UHM - Dark Water
		I've added a new scanned image of actress Jennifer Connelly in a key scene from the movie.
		Dark Horizons is reporting that the film will open January 7th.
		It's a scary movie, but an old-school scary movie - not a gore movie.
	www.upcominghorrormovies.com /movies/darkwater.php (357 words)

	Favourite Film Things 2002 - Part 1
		2002 is also the year when I could wax enthusiastic about a “legally blond” scatterbrain capable of showing futility in a vital and efficient way to “politically correct” America.
		My favorite Hollywood film of 2002 was a welcome surprise – what made it special was the amount of depth in the story, and texture to the characters.
		A major 2002 highlight for me was the Béla Tarr retrospective in Montreal, during the summer of 2002, and the Michael Snow cycle at the Cinemathèque Québécoise.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/03/24/favourites1.html (5047 words)

	Dark Water
		A horror movie that sits there and drags and seems very full of itself, and is based on the premise that puddles are scary.
		The picture is melancholy remembrance and its sources of fear are intimate and brilliant.
		Certain Dark Water article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/10002114-dark_water (444 words)

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	The Nick Schager Film Project: Dark Water (2002): C
		If J-horror derives its primary chills from the irrational and inexplicable, then it’s no wonder that Hideo Nakata’s literal-minded ghost story Dark Water is about as frightening as a soggy diaper.
		Unemployed mother Yoshimi (Hitomi Kuroki) is engaged in a bitter custody dispute over six year-old daughter Ikuko (a superb Rio Kanno), and her anxiety over being separated from her progeny only becomes more pronounced when she moves into a dank, dourly lit apartment with a leaky roof.
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	www.nickschager.com /nsfp/2005/07/dark_water_2002.html (210 words)

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