9/10 12:00 pm THE WEIGHT OF WATER (**)
This film doesn't really work. There are two interwoven stories but the period story is far too clear while the present story is too subtle and vague. They try to draw connections between past and contemporary characters to ill effect.
Director Kathryn Bigelow, producers Janet Yang and Joni Sighvatsson, novelist Anita Shreve and actors Catherine McCormack, Ulrich Thomsen and John Lucas were on hand but no light was shed on the subject. The visuals were rendered beautifully, however.
This film doesn't really work. There are two interwoven stories but the period story is far too clear while the present story is too subtle and vague. They try to draw connections between past and contemporary characters to ill effect.
Director Kathryn Bigelow, producers Janet Yang and Joni Sighvatsson, novelist Anita Shreve and actors Catherine McCormack, Ulrich Thomsen and John Lucas were on hand but no light was shed on the subject. The visuals were rendered beautifully, however.