User Score
5.3 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 44 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 44
  2. Negative: 16 out of 44

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  1. Philip
    Jul 10, 2005
    9
    More of a supernatural drama than a horror. No gore or outright scary moments but some great suspense. In this age of video game pacing, Dark Water offers a refreshingly gradual build-up with emphasis on drama. Not a typical teen movie but probably more intriguing for adults I expect. Terrific cast; fascinating to watch.
  2. GH
    Jul 8, 2005
    10
    Everything I expected and more. Great movie.
  3. Monty
    Jul 9, 2005
    10
    No jump-out-and-grab-you moments. Instead, a carefully calibrated, superbly acted and well crafted thriller-horror. Highly recommend!
  4. Joe
    Jul 22, 2005
    10
    Great acitng. Great sets. Great suspense. For all the nay sayers who don't like a suspensful, well acted movie, I have five words for you. Friday the Thirteenth, Part Twenty! I'm sure you can't wait.
Metascore

Mixed or average reviews - based on 35 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 35
  2. Negative: 5 out of 35
  1. 75
    In a movie with more subtext than "Rosemary's Baby," nearly everyone, including Tim Roth as Dahlia's lawyer, harbors secrets. Salles unleashes a torrent of suspense for one purpose: to plumb the violence of the mind.
  2. 60
    Dark Water devolves into something resembling genre schlock, albeit the kind featuring zesty supporting performances from the classy, Oscar-nominated likes of John C. Reilly, Tim Roth, and Pete Postlethwaite.
  3. A shudder-by-numbers pseudo-J-horror gothic, full of supernatural stunts you feel as if you've seen before the movie even gets to them.