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Rating: 7.5 stars

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The Weight of Water (2000)

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow

Drama | Mystery | Suspense

Overview

A newspaper photographer, Jean, researches the lurid and sensational axe murder of two women in 1873 as an editorial tie-in with a brutal modern double murder. She discovers a cache of papers that appear to give an account of the murders by an eyewitness.

Rated R | Length 113 minutes

Actors

Sean Penn | Catherine McCormack | Elizabeth Hurley | Sarah Polley | Josh Lucas | Ciarán Hinds | Richard Donat | Ulrich Thomsen | Anders W. Berthelsen | Joseph Rutten | John Walf | Katrin Cartlidge | Vinessa Shaw | Adam Curry | John Maclaren | Rita Kvist | Jan Tore Kristoffersen | Catherine Kellner | Karl Júlíusson | Peter Cobbold | R. D. Call | Richard Scobie

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

I decided to give this one a spin because of the cast and because it was directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Pretty well done, with the flashback to the 1800s murder mystery being the more interesting of the stories that are woven together. Sarah Polley and Catherine McCormack steal the show, with Sean Penn mostly providing angsty backdrop.

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