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	Dark Water (2005)
		Their A.D.D.-addled brains couldn't sit still long enough to decipher the complex plot points or to appreciate good character-building (something sorely lacking from movies nowadays.) Comparing this movie to "The Ring" is like comparing "Godfather" to "Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer." The movies are in two completely separate genres.
		And if you do have those preconceptions and are unwilling to give them up, the movie will drag on mercilessly for you.
		As I left the theater, all the adults (most of whom didn't know each other) were talking about what a great movie it was as we filed out the doors.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0382628 (823 words)

	Dark Water review (2005) Jennifer Connelly - Qwipster's Movie Reviews
		Dark Water is the American version of a film with the same English title from 2002, written and directed by Hideo Nakata, and based on the novel from Koji Suzuki, the author also responsible for the "Ring" novels.
		Water is seeping through the ceiling in her bedroom, water from the faucets turns dark in color, and the landlord (Reilly, The Aviator) insists that a plumber isn't necessary, having his super (Postlethwaite, The Lost World) perform some shoddy patchwork to remedy the situation temporarily.
		Dark Water is one of those movies where, even if you were to suspend your disbelief about the existence of supernatural events, it has an implausibility factor in the common things that mars the ability to properly enjoy it on its own simple terms.
	www.qwipster.net /darkwater.htm (688 words)

	Dark Water: A Movie Review by Jack Moore (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dark Water is the latest Japanese horror film remake, in the spirit of The Ring, The Grudge, and The Ring 2, but more than that, Dark Water is further proof that these remakes need to stop.
		Strangely, Dark Water is a bit more subdued than its remake kin; that is, its scares are more subtle and dependant upon mood than the lash-out, gross-out frights of The Ring and The Grudge.
		No such luck in Dark Water - the spectral imaginary friend is reduced to a cameo, when she should be the star of the show.
	www.mooremovies.com /darkwater (1019 words)

	Dark Water (2005): Jennifer Connelly, Ariel Gade, Dougray Scott, Pete Postlethwaite - PopMatters Film Review
		Dark Water hits this dysfunctional mother nerve more than once, particularly in her spats with Kyle, which insinuate an awful marital history even as they suggest that it's her perspective shaping the scene.
		Being a horror movie (and a very good-looking one, even for all its tricks and annoyances), Dark Water can't grant her a solution, or even much of an objective correlative for her suffering (Platzer is more a distraction than a plot mechanism).
		What makes this movie both disappointing and intriguing is that it tries so hard to complicate Dahlia's understanding of this dilemma -- as a social and psychic construct as much as a personal experience -- then drops it flat, leaving guilty mom to her own very conventional devices.
	www.popmatters.com /film/reviews/d/dark-water-2005.shtml (1326 words)

	Dark Water (2005) Movie Review - The Hollywood News
		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.thehollywoodnews.com /reviews/archive/2005/dark-water.php (1196 words)

	"Dark Water" (2005) / a review and/or comments from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
		Mysterious noises, persistent leaks of dark water, and strange happenings cause her imagination to run wild, leaving her to wonder who is behind the endless mind games.
		Dark water is a film to watch after it comes out on DVD, when it only costs a couple of dollars to rent.
		Dark Water, although done better, reminded me too much of “The Ring II.” The theme and basic statement for each movie is eerily similar.
	www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/2005/darkwater2005.html (2192 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)

	Classic-Horror Review of Dark Water (2005)
		Dark Water is another American remake of a successful Japanese suspense film that barely misses the mark and stumbles over its own intent to thrill.
		The problem with Dark Water is that for all of its outstanding acting and honest attempts at cinematic terror, it fails because of its banal and derivative script (written by the sometimes fabulous, sometimes not Rafael Yglesias, From Hell).
		By the time the dark water is explained, it's far too late.
	classic-horror.com /reviews/darkwater05.shtml (739 words)

	Dark Water: Unrated (2005)
		Water leaks cause massive problems in the bedroom, and Ceci develops an imaginary friend who gets her into trouble at school.
		That means the movies spell things out for us in such a way that we side with the main participants and never really buy into more “real world” explanations.
		Dark Water appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 2.35:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
	www.dvdmg.com /darkwater.shtml (1834 words)

	Movie Habit: Review of Dark Water (2005), ***
		Dark Water, a supernatural thriller directed by Walter Salles, the man behind Central Station and The Motorcycle Diaries, does more to tug at the heart than tingle the spine.
		Given the ghostly elements of its storyline, Dark Water is at times reminiscent of The Sixth Sense, both in terms of thematic elements and the central role given to a young, relatively unknown child actor.
		While Dark Water doesn’t overflow with ghostly thrills, there are still plenty of goose bumps to be had, particularly for those unfamiliar with the source material.
	www.moviehabit.com /reviews/dar_gh05.shtml (810 words)

	Movie Habit: Review of Dark Water (2005), ***
		Dark Water, a ghost story overlooked during its theatrical run, works well on DVD, gaining dramatic potency from the intimacy of the home theater setting, which is an appropriate bonus for a movie that tugs at the heart even as it tingles the spine.
		In some respects, since Dark Water is focused on characters and relationships, the movie is a more absorbing experience in the intimacy of the home.
		In Dark Water, though, that theme is taken even further, with the chills and spooky moments taking a back seat to the film’s real focus: the lasting, damaging effects of abandonment and abuse.
	www.moviehabit.com /reviews/dar_bo06.shtml (963 words)

	IGN: Dark Water (2005) Review
		The movie is littered with would-be conclusions to the point of nausea.
		Dark Water is one of those few films that will come immediately to mind when remembering completely wasted, perfectly fine performances; not to mention the fact that this "unrated" version is no creepier than the theatrical version.
		The movie is filled with little bumps in the night, and they are as well pronounced as the vocal track itself.
	dvd.ign.com /articles/682/682241p1.html (1293 words)

	A FromTheBalcony Review: Dark Water (2005) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Much like The Jacket, Dark Water is being mis-marketed as a horror film in the spirit of The Ring and The Grudge, among others.
		The building itself is a decrepit mess, decorated in dark greens and browns and seemingly engulfed in mildew.
		Dark Water will be familiar territory for the seasoned filmgoer, especially one who is up to speed on their Japanese horror.
	www.fromthebalcony.com /reviews/2005/05_darkwater.htm (790 words)

	Dark Water (2002 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dark Water is a 2002 Japanese horror film directed by Hideo Nakata, who is perhaps better known to the general public as the director of Ringu and Ringu 2.
		One evening Yoshimi is drawn to the roof of the building, and there uncovers the dark secret that lies at the heart of the events to which she is now inextricably involved.
		While examining the building's water tank she notices that it was last inspected over a year ago - just before Mitsuko was last seen - and comes to the sudden horrific realisation Mitsuko had drowned in the tank while trying to retrieve her red bag, which had fallen inside.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dark_Water_(2002_movie) (732 words)

	Amazon.com: Dark Water: DVD: Hideo Nakata,Hitomi Kuroki,Rio Kanno,Mirei Oguchi,Asami Mizukawa,Fumiyo Kohinata,Yu ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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.
		Dark Water is about a single mother, struggling to keep custody against her ex-husband, who takes an apartment in a decrepit building.
		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 (2252 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 was released on July 8, 2005 in the USA and grossed over $50 million worldwide.
		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) (1171 words)

	Amazon.com: Dark Water (Unrated Widescreen Edition): DVD: Walter Salles,Jennifer Connelly,John C. Reilly,Tim ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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.
		I like the small movies with the excellent casts like Dark City and Slipping Down Life so this movie is to my taste although I did fast forward the middle after suffering the very realistic desperate apartment hunter on a budget in Manhattan at the mercy of the merciless real estate purveyor.
	www.amazon.com /Water-Unrated-Widescreen-Walter-Salles/dp/B000AWYOGE (2357 words)

	Dark Water (2005)
		In Dark Water, we once again have a single mother who, when confronted with a petulant young ghost upset over her own abandonment, must protect her daughter from the ghost's increasingly-violent manifestations of sibling rivalry.
		It's impossible not to compare Dark Water to The Ring movies, not the least reasons for which being that both this and The Ring are based on Japanese books by the same author, and were helmed by the same Japanese director in their original versions.
		By its very nature, Dark Water is a less cinematic, less scary version of essentially the same horror story we've seen, and an unnecessary addendum to those movies.
	www.filmmonthly.com /Video/Articles/DarkWater/DarkWater.html (775 words)

	The Video Graveyard: Dark Water (2005)
		Add Dark Water to the string of Japanese horror movies being remade for American audiences in the wake of the success of 2002’s The Ring (not a surprise since this comes from the same author as that film).
		This is a movie that never gets rolling in the direction we expect it to, instead deciding to focus on the messy divorce between Dahlia (Jennifer Connelly) and husband Kyle (Dougray Scott) which leads to her moving into a new, somewhat rundown, apartment building with her young daughter Ceci (Ariel Gade).
		The movie also tries to get us to wonder about Connelly’s sanity while throwing in Pete Postlethwaite as a generally pointless superintendent character, which we assume is for red herring purposes as we see him looking at Ceci on a security camera with visions of child molestation in his eyes early on.
	www.thevideograveyard.com /d/darkwater05.html (471 words)

	Dark Water (2005) Starring: Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Tim Roth - Three Movie Buffs Review
		Dark Water, the latest in a series of Hollywood remakes of Japanese horror films is a taut psychological thriller that may become a victim of its own marketing.
		According to nearly every advertisement I've seen for this film, it's supposed to be scary and terrifying, and yet, while it does contain supernatural creepiness, its real strength is not the horror, but rather the inner-drama of its protagonist as she comes to grips with her past and uncertain future.
		The movie's greatest strength therefore, lies not with its reheated horror elements, but with the richly developed characters and the fantastic cast of actors who inhabit them.
	www.threemoviebuffs.com /review.php?movieID=darkwater (569 words)

	TheMovieBoy Review - Dark Water (2005)
		The third major American remake of a Japanese horror title, the aptly-titled "Dark Water," while sharing some narrative and technical similarities with 2002's "The Ring" and 2004's "The Grudge," sets itself apart by emphasizing psychological horror over more cerebral thrills.
		Indeed, the masterfully atmospheric, genuinely chilling "Dark Water" is so concentrated on excellent character work and thematic complexity over cheap jump scares and dumbed-down excess that, yes, favorable comparisons to classics of the genre such as 1968's 'Rosemary's Baby," 1973's "Don't Look Now" and 1991's "The Silence of the Lambs" are fully warranted.
		If the packed theater of loudmouthed teenagers I saw "Dark Water" in on its opening Friday night is any indication, the film may be lost upon an audience expecting a low-rent ghost movie with lots of "boo!" moments, flash cuts, and requiring a minimum of thought and introspection.
	www.themovieboy.com /reviews/d/05_darkwater.htm (756 words)

	Dark Water (2005) - A Hollywood Jesus Movie Review
		Based on a film by the creators of the Japanese version of "The Ring" comes this haunting, chilling film about a young mother who goes to extreme lengths to solve a mystery and protect her daughter.
		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.
		As Dahlia frantically searches for the links between the riddles, the dark water seems to close around her.
	www.hollywoodjesus.com /dark_water.htm (404 words)

	Hollywood Gothique: Dark Water (2005) Review
		In the Japanese version of DARK WATER, director Hideo Nakata kept the ghost girl's face mostly unseen (as he had done in RINGU), which helped lend her a menacing air.
		DARK WATER certainly does this, at first, but near the end the script works hard to show the warring spouses coming to some kind of mutual understanding, if not reconciliation, and the scene really works toward making the story feel believable, not contrived for maximum melodrama at the expense of credibility.
		Yet the American remake of DARK WATER still emerges as the superior film; especially, it gets points for remaining true to the bittersweet spirit of the original ending, which offered a sad but touching silver lining to a very dark cloud.
	www.hollywoodgothique.com /darkwater2005.html (815 words)

	Dark Water movie review
		And that water stain on the ceiling keeps getting bigger— it may in fact be alive.
		But the real problem with Dark Water is that it’s based on a novel by Japanese author Kôji Suzuki, author of The Ring, and the film version by director Hideo Nakata, who directed both the original Ringu and this year’s Hollywood remake The Ring 2.
		There are so many similarities between The Ring and Dark Water that the latter is essentially a remake of the former.
	www.filmreviewblog.com /movie-reviews/movie-review-DarkWater.htm (1125 words)

	reverse shot : online : late summer 2005
		Under the direction of Walter (The Motorcycle Diaries) Salles, Dark Water lifts narrative basics from (yes, the same) Nakata’s model and then proceeds to dilute it of the elements which make it compelling in the first place: namely, a capacity for mysterious suggestion over heavy-handed obviousness.
		As a friend exiting the movie put it: “I thought I was seeing a horror movie, but it turns out I stumbled into a woman’s picture.” Dark Water sets itself apart from others in the genre in its focus on mother-daughter relationships and postulation of potential psychosis on the part of its protagonist.
		Relocated to New York City, Salles’s Dark Water works most effectively as an allegorical treatise on the horrors of renting in a market so unbalanced by demand that the breakup of a two-income household necessitates relocation by both parties.
	www.reverseshot.com /dogdays05/darkwater.html (763 words)

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