Waterland

1992

Drama / Mystery

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 47% · 17 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 62% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 2649 2.6K

based on novel or book 1970s family history teacher memory high school teacher

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Plot summary

The story of a mentally anguished high school history teacher going through a complete reassessment of his life. His method for reassessing his life is to narrate it to his class and interweave in it three generations of his family's history.

Director

Stephen Gyllenhaal Photo
Stephen Gyllenhaal

Top cast

Lena Headey Photo
Lena Headey as Young Mary
Ethan Hawke Photo
Ethan Hawke as Matthew Price
Jeremy Irons Photo
Jeremy Irons as Tom Crick
Maggie Gyllenhaal Photo
Maggie Gyllenhaal as Maggie Ruth
720p.WEB
874.7 MB
1280*544
English 2.0
R
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 5 / 10

I usually don't mind lugubrious movies with Jeremy

I usually don't mind lugubrious movies with Jeremy Irons in them, but this one is a bit too waterlogged even for me. A fen of stagnant waters? As a 63-year-ol teacher, perhaps it's the theme of a burnt out teacher that doesn't work for me. The device of having the teacher take his students on a tour through his past life is elegant, but somehow the whole is less than its parts. I'm going to read the book for a book group, so I hope I'll like it better.
Reviewed by Colin S 10 / 10

Superb film, first-class acting and a magical trip

Superb film, first-class acting and a magical trip back in time to the Fens, and some lessons in the importance of history on the way both at a personal level and in the wider context. A very moving story, lovely cinema photography and should be seen on the big screen!
Reviewed by camille l 7 / 10

Waterland conte l'histoire d'un professeur d'histoire qui, pour

Waterland conte l'histoire d'un professeur d'histoire qui, pour passionner ses élèves, décide de raconter son histoire plutôt que la grande Histoire. Les séquences les plus intéressantes sont celles où ses élèves (dont Ethan Hawke en grande gueule) rentrent dans ses souvenirs. Si le film fonctionne très bien pendant une heure, c'est lors de son dénouement qu'il s'écrase un peu, le spectateur voyant très bien où le script veut en venir, sans surprise. Jeremy Irons, Lena Headey et Ethan Hawke sont très bons, Stephen Gyllenhaal parvient à éviter le larmoyant, même si le sujet s'y prête énormément et le film ne dure que 90 minutes, pour éviter toute redite. Il n'en demeure pas moins qu'on ne peut qu'être déçu car il y avait moyen de tutoyer les sommets.
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