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Critics Reviews: 6 out of 10
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Chicago Sun-Times
"Dark Water" achieves some, but not all, of what we might hope for. It is not "Rosemary's Baby." The acting is effective, the supporting roles are performed with relish by the skilled technicians Postlethwaite, Reilly and Roth, and the cinematographer, Affonso Beato, succeeds in making the stain on the ceiling look like an evil vastation and not just a leaky sink.
Roger Ebert
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Dark Water is the latest in the gaggle of Japanese ghost stories turned into major American motion pictures. The obvious virtue of this effort is that, unlike its predecessors The Ring and The Grudge, it makes sense. The problem is that director Walter Salles confuses atmosphere with torpor.
James Berardinelli
San Francisco Chronicle
In "Dark Water," Jennifer Connelly plays a newly divorced mother who moves with her daughter to a dingy apartment building and finds that the place has leaks. There are leaks from the ceiling that can be seen, but also leaks from the unconscious, leaks from another dimension and leaks from the past. The water is very dark -- and deep.
Mick LaSalle
USA Today
Connelly's performance at times feels one-dimensional. Even when terrorized, she's remarkably low-key. Perhaps that's preferable to uncontrolled screaming, but it takes away from the film's sense of realism.
Claudia Puig
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