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Great Water, The
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Great Water, The reviews
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Metascore: 62 Metascore out of 100
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Starring Saso Kekenovski, Maja Stankovska, Mitko Apostolovski, Verica Nedeska, Risto Gogovski, Nikolina Kujaca, Meto Jovanovski, and Aleksandar Ribak

Based on the novel of the same name by acclaimed author Zhivko Chingo, The Great Water is a story of emotional dislocation and childhood resilience, of friendship and betrayal. The story follows the childhood of Lem Nikodinoski. Now a high-ranking political figure in the communist government and elderly Lem is rushed to a hospital fighting for his life. As he nears death, his only memories are of his life when he was twelve. (Picture This! Entertainment)


GENRE(S): Drama  |  Foreign  
WRITTEN BY: Ivo Trajkov
Vladimir Blazevski
Zhivko Chingo (novel)
 
DIRECTED BY: Ivo Trajkov  
RELEASE DATE: Theatrical: June 17, 2005 
RUNNING TIME: 93 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Republic of Macedonia / Czech Republic / USA 
LANGUAGE(S): Macedonian / English (with English subtitles) 

Original title "Golemata voda"

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75
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
This unusual Macedonian release is engrossing if not always nimbly directed.
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75
New York Post V.A. Musetto
Nicely acted and stylishly photographed.
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75
Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
An anguished Macedonian drama.
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70
Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
This strange and beautiful Macedonian feature is a welcome reminder that national cinemas still exist.
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70
Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir
Despite his reliance on visual cliché, Trajkov mines a rich vein of morbid Slavic comedy, and his young characters have an appetite for adventure that's thoroughly unfake.
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70
The New York Times Lawrence Van Gelder
What makes the film worth watching are the extraordinary performances by the more than 250 children cast as orphans.
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70
The Hollywood Reporter Sheri Linden
Adapting the novel by Zhivko Chingo, director Trajkov and his co-scripter, Vladimir Blazevski, have created a searing memory piece. Suki Medencevic's widescreen cinematography illuminates a shadow realm halfway between heaven and hell.
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70
The Onion (A.V. Club) Noel Murray
Had the orphanage years been the first chapter in a longer story, The Great Water might've stretched toward a finish as unforgettable as its start.
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60
Variety Robert Koehler
Extraordinary perfs by a mostly young cast likely will be cancelled out by the grim subject.
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60
TV Guide Ken Fox
Bleak political parable.
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60
Village Voice Leslie Camhi
Despite the choppy script and cartoonishly bad villains, what emerges is a compelling tale of the moral compromises a corrupt system demands of even its most unwilling participants.
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60
Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
Intent as it is on being both artistically and politically involving, The Great Water periodically miscalculates its effects, coming on stronger than it intends.
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50
LA Weekly Ella Taylor
The Great Water hangs heavy with sepia photography and Christ-like symbolism -- I felt as though I were watching it from the inside of a dank Russian Orthodox church.
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50
Film Threat Phil Hall
Grim and frequently depressing, and despite the artistry of its framing it nonetheless is a very difficult movie to endure.
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50
New York Daily News Jack Mathews
Ultimately about the indomitability of faith, and the Christian symbolism is laid on thick. But the story, adapted from a famous behind-the-Iron-Curtain novel, sheds light on a subject few people have known about.
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