Powerful

Absolutely the worst movie.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Dark Water is one of the best horror movies i have ever seen. The scenario, acting, cinematography are almost perfect. I do not understand the people who are responsible for the low rates. May be they were too scared :) I think to make a horror movie is more difficult than any other genres. It can easily turn into comedy. This one accomplishes a great success in many aspects. I suggest everyone to give a chance to Dark Water

Despite the roots of the original, this remake is not the typical american remake of a Japanees paranormal horror movie, but more like 'grown up paranormal thriller' (a sort of thriller we saw a lot during this decade, that just like the true Japanees remakes, I consider to be essential for the evolution that would become the modern horror movie of today) . It does not mean in anyway that I did not enjoy this one. En contraire. I just changed my chips and coke for some red wine and french cheese and let this dark waterfall come over me.Though no true scary movie, in a dark room with a large tv screen and a surround system, this one quickly got a hold on me. It was actually starting to become equal as frightening as sad towards the end. The morbid atmosphere of this movie is the sort you often find in scandinavian crime thrillers. Everything is dark: the setting, the lightening, the clothes of the characters and ofcourse the whole story itself. It could had been a stephen king novel, the sort he wrote during his high days in the late 70s. I guess this is because of subplot becoming one with the main plot as the movie goes along.I wont give you any spoilers, but I can tell you 3 more things: 1) Jennifer Connelly was at her best in this move, if you like her you need to have this one. 2) I am usaually satisfied with any horror or thriller movie having a rating on this site more then 5/10, but in this cas it is a hunge underestimation. I have watched many many movies with higher ratings being not so good as this one. 3) This is not to move to watch with your mates with popcorn. Watch it alone or with two of you, in the dark, with the volume up and let this one go straight to your heart. This is a movie you will remember.

Where to start ...the mother: She is incompetent, selfish and irrational. She does not accept proper help and keeps making bad decisions.the location: Anyone pays for such a run down apartment? I would assume that even a homeless person would think twice about staying a night there before deciding that it is actually nicer and cleaner under a nearby bridge.the daughter: She knows one expression: doe-eyed oblivious. Oh and she seems to have the behaviour of a stray cat - clearly there is no connection to any parental figurethe story: Choke full of loopholes and inconsistencies. In other words - an episode of the Tele Tubbies makes more sense.the visuals: One of those movies that seems to assume that "just because there is a lightsource in a room - does not mean that it should cast any light" - the filter is so dark that everything is kept in a mossy, humid state of decay. Of course that is kind of what it was going for - i think - but am i to belief that the characters live in a place where - despite having turned on the light - it is darker than the ship in "Alien".conclusion: this is a predictable story with TERRIBLE characters. The whole movie plays way too much on trotten down stereotypes and shows all of them in the WORST way possible. A bad movie that is a waste of time.

In the early 2000's, Japanese Horror movies remakes were the craze. Remakes like 2002 "The Ring" & 2005's "The Grudge", were making vast money. "Dark Water" directed by Walter Salles hope to be, just as big as them. Based on the 2002 Japanese film, which return is based on Floating Water, a short story by Koji Suzuki. Dark Water showed great promise, but the murky tale about a family menaced by the ghost of young girl who drown at a haunted apartment seem so watered down, and generic predictable that it kinda drown on itself. The movie tries to be stand out, yet be extremely faithful to the 2002 film, but it doesn't work. Lot of the movie feels rehashed and often full of clichés. The movie had good actors, but I really didn't think, that they were giving their 'all' in these roles. Jennifer Connelly as the lead character, Dahlia seem deep, but as the plot moves, it clearly shown to be shallow as hell. Dahlia's backstory as an abused child are never really developed or explored meaningfully in the film. They are simply thrown in to the plot in awkward fashion. Jennifer Connelly really lacks the emotional for this role. Not once, was I convince that she was angry, or she was in fear for her life. I know that her character was taking drugs, and maybe it was there to dull, her extremes, but gees- it really overcast the whole film. She did a lot of stupid things that were really bothering. First off, moving in. Most people, even desperate people, confronted with a situation like that would have moved out after a week. Second off, why didn't she move out, quicker, after the events toward the end? It doesn't make sense, to stay in, and take a bath in a murder house after you found out that there was a dead body in the water tank! For a mom so into her daughter's immediate safety and security. It doesn't make sense that she would live there. The father, Kyle (Dougray Scott) is even worst parent. I really hate, the movie for portraying the father as this creepy controlling over the top figure, and then toward the end, force us to feel sympathetic for him. I really hate, how the movie make it seem like he was trying, really hard to unnerve the main character, and make it look like he cares on what happen to Dahlia. It doesn't make any sense. I feel bad, for the kid (Ariel Gade). She's a really cute kid, but she's can't delivered the horrible one-dimensional dialogue, she was given. There are parts of the film, where she kinda shines, but for the most part, she felt like, an unrealistic girl scout, stereotype. There were some added material for some supporting roles which serves absolutely no purpose. A good example is the man the elevator (Simon Reynolds). He failed to advance the plot and he never brought back, up again. Honestly, for being a tenant in the building. You would think, he would give some more exposition, than proving information, we already knew. Tim Roth for instance has some scenes that are there only so he can get some more screen time. It's really hard to take his role as a good lawyer, serious, when he sounds like Jon Lovitz's Tommy Flanagan. The other supporting cast were pretty useless. Pete Postlethwaite as Veeck, should had been, portray more menacing, but they chose to make him, into a clumsy side-character. The only entertaining person in the film was John C. Reilly as Murray, the landlord. I like, how he makes the crappy apartment in Roosevelt Island seem better than it looks. The location does have a creepy environment. I have to give, props to the movie for that. The ghost, not so much. The ghost in the film, really doesn't show her presence, much and the movie has odd moments, where she does. Like how on earth, did was she able to haunt the school, as well? Honestly, how powerful was the ghost!? The movie really has vague answers for these questions. The movie doesn't have that many jump scares. In many ways, the movie drives the symbolism that it's always raining, a little too much. It kinda got annoying, at times. I really hate, how much water was wasted for this film. The movie has a lot of ominous music that tells you when a suspenseful moment is around the corner and creeping about in apartments over and over again. Yet, there is little suspense. The movie downplay the overt horror elements of the original and becoming more of a character study / dramatic psychological thriller with a focus on paranoia and atmosphere over scares. It kinda works, but it's also doesn't. The movie pacing moves really slowed, and not much, of the main plot, get done, during the time. The movie pacing really doesn't help push the plot, along. It just creates, more sub-plots, like Dahlia looking for work, a lawyer, and a good school. Honestly, the movie works more like a divorce drama, than a horror film. I hate how the movie is so sluggish and lazy. It reused shots, way too much. It felt cheap. The movie moves into more trouble water with the awful ending that really made the film, much worse than it could had been. I like the 2002 ending better. The movie is probably more, scary, today, then when it came out. In 2013, a woman name Elisa Lam was found death at the Cecil hotel in Los Angeles, when she drown in the hotel water tank. The circumstances of her death have been compared to plot elements in this film, such as the names of the characters, the dysfunctional elevator and discolored water gushing from the building's faucets. Overall: This character-driven film was sorely underdeveloped. I wish it was better.