The Weight of Water Movie Review 2000

Photographer Jean (McCormack) arrives at Smuttynose Island, off the coast of New Hampshire, to research an infamous 1873 ax-murder case involving two Norwegian immigrant women (Cartlidge, Shaw) a local man (Hinds), and an unreliable witness (Polley). You see their story in flashback as Jean struggles with her own domestic dilemmas--her drunken poet husband Thomas (Penn), his brother Rich (Lucas), and Rich's sexy girlfriend Adaline (Hurley). Jealousy, lies, and betrayal abound in both stories. Based on the novel by Anita Shreve.

Distribution

CinemaNow, 4553 Glencoe Ave., Ste. 200, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292, URL: http://www.cinemanow.com, Remarks: Formerly known as Lions Gate Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 105 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Island Fare, Homicide, Period Piece: 19th Century, Brothers & Sisters, Flashback, Sail Away, Jealousy, Shutterbugs, Order in the Court, Marriage, Betrayal, Incest, In-Laws, Women

Screenplay

Alice Arlen, Christopher Kyle

Cast

Catherine McCormack, Sarah Polley, Sean Penn, Josh(ua) Lucas, Elizabeth Hurley, Ciaran Hinds, Ulrich Thomsen, Anders W. Berthelsen, Katrin Cartlidge, Vinessa Shaw

Cinematography

Adrian Biddle

Director

Kathryn Bigelow

Music

David Hirschfelder

Other

Tod A. Maitland, Howard E. Smith, Mark Laing, Marit Allen, Karl Juliusson

Producer

Janet Yang, Sigurjon Sighvatsson, A. Kitman Ho, Manifest Film, Miracle Pictures, Palomar Pictures International, Lions Gate Films