The Water Diviner
To honour a promise. To find his sons. To make his peace.
To honour a promise. To find his sons. To make his peace.
Drama, War
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2014
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In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor travels to Turkey to discover the fate of his three sons, reported missing in action. Holding on to hope, Joshua must travel across the war-torn landscape to find the truth and his own peace.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
112 min
Release date:
25 Dec 2014
Country:
AU, US
Languages:
Russian, Turkish, Greek (modern), English
Budget:
$22,500,000
Revenue:
$15,520,023
Awards:
14 wins & 15 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
It's clear that Russell Crowe has poured his heart and soul into the historical romance The Water Diviner, his first feature as a director. If only the film were better.
– Bilge Ebiri,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
24 Apr 2015
rotten:
A sloggy, heartfelt piece of quasi-magical realist storytelling.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
24 Apr 2015
fresh:
Crowe strives to strike a universal chord about the futility of war. Simplistic? Maybe. But in crafting a film about the pain a parent feels after losing a child in battle, Crowe transcends borders and politics.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
24 Apr 2015
rotten:
Crowe needs, badly, a director to push back against his default mode: The script for The Water Diviner posits that Joshua Connor is the most interesting man in the frame at all times, but Crowe's performance doesn't earn that.
– Daniel D'Addario,
TIME Magazine,
24 Apr 2015
fresh:
Even slightly self-censored, its images of broken cities and the walking wounded is a strong restating of the film's message: There is no such thing as a "good" war. There's only war - sometimes necessary, sometimes not. And always inhuman.
– Stephen Whitty,
Newark Star-Ledger,
24 Apr 2015