Treading Water

Name: Treading Water
Genre: Drama
Released: 2001-06-15
Duration: 1 h 34 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Angie Redman, Nina Landey, Annette Miller

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1h 34m

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5.5/10

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Casey has rejected her privileged upbringing and restores old boats for a living. She lives with her beautiful social worker girlfriend Alex in what seems like a cozy new life until her stuf... Read allCasey has rejected her privileged upbringing and restores old boats for a living. She lives with her beautiful social worker girlfriend Alex in what seems like a cozy new life until her stuffy family demands that she come home for Christmas - without Alex.Casey has rejected her privileged upbringing and restores old boats for a living. She lives with her beautiful social worker girlfriend Alex in what seems like a cozy new life until her stuffy family demands that she come home for Christmas - without Alex.

IMDb RATING

5.5/10

431

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

87,909

26,857

Director
- Lauren Himmelvo
Writers
- Lauren Himmelvo
- Julia Hollinger
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6/10

realistic portrayal of a lesbian relationship.

Treading Water is a slow-paced movie that's really a character-driven piece, not a plot-driven story. Think "Hiroshima Mon Amour" or "Snow Falling on Cedars". Whether you like that sort of thing or not will probably depend on your tolerance for the slow plodding scenes and quiet revelations that are typical of that sort of movie.

The basic story is this: the Christmas holiday is a catalyst for a lesbian couple and their extended family to come to terms with each other. Treading Water is a meditation on the problems that arise in family and romantic relationships when your self-image conflicts with your family's expectations. If you're looking for more of a lesbian romance, look somewhere else. At its core, Treading Water is really more about dealing with your family, not so much about the central lesbian relationship.

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