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The Weight of Water (2000)
5.9
Ratings: 5.9/10 from 5,736 users
Metascore:
45/100
Reviews: 84 user | 44 critic | 22 from Metacritic.com A newspaper photographer, Jean, researches the lurid and sensational axe murder of two women in 1873 as an editorial tie-in with a brutal modern double murder... See full summary » Director:Kathryn Bigelow |
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Louis Wagner
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Richard Donat | ... |
Mr. Plaisted
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John Hontvedt
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Anders W. Berthelsen | ... |
Evan Christenson
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Joseph Rutten | ... |
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John Walf | ... |
Defense Attorney
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Karen Christenson
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Anethe Christenson
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Adam Curry | ... |
Emil Ingerbretson
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Dr. Parsons
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A newspaper photographer, Jean, researches the lurid and sensational axe murder of two women in 1873 as an editorial tie-in with a brutal modern double murder. She discovers a cache of papers that appear to give an account of the murders by an eyewitness. The plot weaves between the narrative of the eyewitness and Jean's private struggle with jealousies and suspicions as her marriage teeters. Written by Anonymous
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Hell hath no fury...Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for violence, sexuality/nudity, and brief language See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Le poids de l'eau See more »Box Office
Budget:
$16,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$45,888 (USA) (3 November 2002) (27 Screens)Gross:
$102,622 (USA) (17 November 2002)Company Credits
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Based on an actual double-murder on the Isles of Shoals on 6 March 1873. See more »Goofs
Continuity: During the conversation about how Jean and Thomas met, Jean is alternately holding a glass and lighting a cigarette. See more »Quotes
Maren Hontvedt: I have discovered in my life that it is not always the nature of god nor why he may bring in one night pleasure & death & rage & tenderness all intermingled so that one can barely distinguish one from the other... and it is all that one can do to hang onto sanity.See more »
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