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     Dark Water
2005  PG-13  HORROR  1h 45min
CAST— Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Tim Roth, Dougray Scott, Pete Postlethwaite, Camryn Manheim, Ariel Gade, Debra Monk
MUSIC— Angelo Badalamenti  DIRECTOR— Walter Salles

     Yet another film in the vault of Hollywood’s recent rash of Japanese horror remakes, Dark Water seems to sink like a stone right from the start. A recently divorced woman and her young daughter move into a seedy apartment building… one that holds a few secrets, of course. The secrets start to leak (quite literally) and the two ladies are caught in the middle. With nothing more than murky, dark water (hence the name) for a clue as to the strange events in the building, this young mother must fight to keep her daughter safe, as well as keep her own sanity intact. Except for an interesting finale, this film has basically nothing to recommend it: No chills, no thrills. That is, unless you’re a plumber or someone who is deathly afraid of toilet blockage.
OUR RATING— * ½
ORIGINAL— Dark Water (2002)