Such a frustrating disappointment

Strong and Moving!

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

I was feeling most of this movie but Molly coming back at the end from the water just in time was too much.

This is one of those movies that if someone I really liked hadn't been in it, I would have stopped watching it. It was creepy in a not-enjoyable way (I'm not a fan of movies about women being assaulted), and there were too many times when I thought, "That's dumb. Why are they doing that?" For example, when someone decides to put a body in a car & push it in the water, instead of reporting the incident to the police (I'm being intentionally vague here in order to avoid major spoilers). It's full of movie clichés- someone you think is dead isn't, someone you think is good isn't, someone you think is guilty isn't, small-town folks band together, etc. Nathan Fillion, as always, shines. This movie could have been much better with just a little effort (better writing, mostly, probably better directing too). Disappointing.

"Water's Edge" screenwriter Craig Brewer wrote and directed the very low-budget, very compelling and brilliant "The Poor and Hungry", so that was all I really needed to know to put this picture at the top of my rental que. I'm a little disappointed. This is only a formulae thriller, perhaps just a cut above average, with decent casting and direction. I can see the Craig Brewer touch in the screenplay: relatively interesting characters, mostly believable plot considering the contrivances necessary for a formulae thriller, and good dialogue. I will still keep an eye on this remarkable talent for another unforgettable picture like his first. Some day. In the meantime I know you gotta pay the rent.

Nicely paced drama with tense to intense moments. Excellent casting and location make for superb ingredients of an unfolding rural mystery. The human conditions of broken dreams, empathy, greed, and love play major roles in fleshing out the characters brought together in this small place, in this small moment ... in time.The major characters of Robert, Molly, and Rae flow downstream in increasing torrents of emotional whitewater, as jutting rocks of sex, murder, and deceitful suspense reveal themselves. Nice "Hitchcock-tonian" touch applied with a goateed Daniel Baldwin playing the shrewd small-town Mayor. [ What better way to accentuate a drama/mystery than applying a 'lil Daniel .... with those piercing blue eyes !?! ]In my opinion, the climax was a bit "watered down" , but as in Life ... all is not as we might have hoped for , but as we have wrought , going up... only .... to the edge .Good move by the producers to change the title to the present one from the former ... "Wicked Season" . Vive la Canadiens ! Bringing us all .... to the Waters Edge ....