Title:
Weight of Water, The
Released: 2000
Genre: Thriller
Runtime: 113 min
Country: USA /
France / Canada
Language: English
Tagline:
Hell hath no fury...
Plot
Summary: 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.
Comments:
Two
couples get on a yacht to (ostensibly) investigate
an early American murder. Actually, one of the women
is doing the investigation, the others are there to
fill needed cypher roles. The characters are so asinine,
the dialogue so pretentious, the situations so absurd
that I nearly just turned it off. The other part of
this movie follows the actual murder, told in a series
of flashbacks, broken up by the absurdity that is
the modern setting. That movie is actually interesting,
if somewhat predictable. The characters have real
motivations, and are so much more rounded than their
contemporaries, that it kept my interest through the
excrutiating crap in between.
Cast
overview:
Catherine McCormack .... Jean Janes
Sarah Polley .... Maren Hontvedt
Sean Penn .... Thomas Janes
Josh Lucas .... Rich Janes
Elizabeth Hurley .... Adaline Gunne
Ciarán Hinds .... Louis Wagner
Ulrich Thomsen .... John Hontvedt
Anders W. Berthelsen .... Evan Christenson
Katrin Cartlidge .... Karen Christenson
R.D. Call .... Coast Guard Officer
Peter Cobbold .... Priest
Adam Curry .... Emil Ingerbretson
Richard Donat .... Mr. Plaisted
Karl Juliusson .... Mr. Christenson
Catherine Kellner .... College Student
Jan Tore Kristoffersen .... Young Evan
Rita Kvist .... Young Maren
Murdoch MacDonald .... Bailiff (as Murdock McDonald)
John Maclaren .... Dr. Parsons
Michele Maillet .... Mrs. Ingebretson
Joseph Rutten .... Judge
Scobie .... Clerk
Vinessa Shaw .... Anethe Christenson
John Walf .... Defense Attorney
Movie
scenes preview:
Scene #1
Scene
Description:
Elizabeth Hurley only partially covering her breasts
as she stands up while topless and attempts to catch
some papers that are blowing about. We then get a nice
shot of her breasts as she lays back down.
featured
actress:
