The Weight of Water

A woman studying a crime of the past finds her own life becoming a morass of suspicion and deceit in this drama based on the novel by Anita Shreve. Jean Janes (Catherine McCormack) is a photographer working on a project that would document surviving evidence of a multiple murder that occurred a ...more

Shelved for nearly two years after its premiere at the 2000 Toronto Film Festival, Kathryn Bigelow's adaptation of Anita Shreve's bestseller is indeed everything its detractors said it was: decadent, pretentious, and indulgent -- but in the best possible way. With its languid pace, natural-splendor backdrop, and supermodel cast, The Weight of Water recalls the sumptuous, ennui-laden films of Michelangelo Antonioni -- or, more specifically, the tony knock-offs that populated European cinema for ...more