The Weight of Water

Synopsis: A century-old double murder haunts Jean (Cathering McCormack), a photographer who travels to Smuttyhouse Island, the scene of the crime, to investigate. Attempting to save her troubled marriage to renown poet Thomas (Sean Penn), she invites him along with his brother Rich (Josh Lucas) and his grilfriend Adaline (Elizabeth Hurley). As Jean delves deeper into the old case files, she finds evidence that the man conviceted and put to death for the killings may not have been the murderer. The sole survivor of the slaughter was a woman (Sarah Polley) whose unhappy marriage mirrors Jean's. Past and present collide when a cataclysmic storm burgeons into jealousy and suddenly it becomes clear to Jean who the real killer is...

b>Rating:R for violence, sexuality/nudity and brief language

Run Time:113 min

Director: Kathryn Bigelow

Dvd Extra's: Trailer, English and Spanish Subtitles.

Nudity Factor: Hurley's breasts while she is enjoying the sun, Male butt in short scene.

Of Note: Based on an actual double-murder on the Isles of Shoals on 6 March 1873.

Trailer: The Weight of Water Trailer (wmv)

Review by: Jason James Rating:

If movies were judged by the cast that they have then this one would be a 5 star movie. It has Elizabeth Hurley, Sean Penn, Sarah Polly, Catherine McCormack, and Josh Lucas. The story jumps back in forth between present day and the past. The thing that makes this mechanic different is that it shows how present day parrells the past. To be honest this movie was a chore to get through. It is slow and the flash backs don't do anyting to make that better. Overall I just couldn't get into the movie and some of the scenes just were hard to follow. The movie has a great cast just does not deliver on the story end.