Aquarela

Name: Aquarela
Genre: Documentary
Released: August 16, 2019
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 80

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: August 16, 2019 | PG

Summary: Aquarela takes audiences on a deeply cinematic journey through the transformative beauty and raw power of water. The film is a visceral wake-up call that humans are no match for the sheer force and capricious will of Earth’s most precious element. From the precarious frozen waters of Russia’s Lake Baikal to Miami in the throes of HurricaneAquarela takes audiences on a deeply cinematic journey through the transformative beauty and raw power of water. The film is a visceral wake-up call that humans are no match for the sheer force and capricious will of Earth’s most precious element. From the precarious frozen waters of Russia’s Lake Baikal to Miami in the throes of Hurricane Irma to Venezuela's mighty Angel Falls, water is Aquarela's main character, with director Victor Kossakovsky capturing her many personalities in startling cinematic clarity. [Sony Pictures Classics]… Expand

Director: Victor Kossakovsky

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: PG

Runtime: 89 min

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The Playlist Christian Gallichio

Aug 19, 2019

Aquarela is truly a theatrical experience that benefits from the dark, distraction-free nature of the theater, in which the cycles of water, from frozen lakes to hurricanes, becomes an all-consuming force. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Aug 15, 2019

A work of singular beauty and a significant technical achievement, the film makes water audible — the thumps and groans of calving glaciers sound like the planet coming apart — and almost palpable; heaving mountains of blue-black waves in an Atlantic storm convey stupendous mass and titanic energy as in no motion picture I’ve seen before. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Aug 15, 2019

it’s an unexpectedly unnerving film that’s at least as terrifying as it is beautiful. Read full review

Leslie Felperin

Aug 15, 2019

Aquarela takes a deep dive into watery realms around the world, offering up an experience that can truly be described as immersive. Read full review

Brad Wheeler

Aug 22, 2019

Aquarela’s soundtrack shifts from ambient post-rock to gnarly speed-metal to widescreen strings. The effect is a serenely apocalyptic warning: Climate change is a killer, with water as its indiscriminately lethal weapon. Read full review

Keith Watson

Aug 12, 2019

At heart, Victor Kossakovsky's Aquarela is a war film: a cacophonous survey of the global battle between man and water. Read full review

G. Allen Johnson

Aug 21, 2019

So just showing a glacier breaking off, or a hurricane in full force, doesn’t prove there is climate change. Perhaps if Kossakovsky had provided some context — something to indicate this is happening more frequently, for example — Aquarela might have had more impact. Then it would have been more than just a series of pretty pictures. Read full review

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vanVanvan

Nov 28, 2019

The worst movie I've seen in a while. There is some amazing scenery, apparently obtained with daredevil filming, but there is a complete lack of narrative, which makes for a fantastically boring film. I would classify this as a remarkable Youtube video, but I regret paying $7 for theThe worst movie I've seen in a while. There is some amazing scenery, apparently obtained with daredevil filming, but there is a complete lack of narrative, which makes for a fantastically boring film. I would classify this as a remarkable Youtube video, but I regret paying $7 for the streaming rental. It would be very suitable to use with the sound off, as moving wallpaper or in a waiting room, as long as the wait isn't longer than five minutes.

There is some terrific footage of icebergs breaking up and wicked ocean waves and then the rest is padded with some hurricane footage, the dam in Oroville, California that spilled over and then since it still wasn't long enough, they did some filming at the biggest waterfall in the world, in Venezuela. And that's the complete plot.

I've often had good success with metacritic scores, but I don't understand how this movie came to score high. If I was committed to this I'd take down the names of the critics who praised this up so I could ignore their reviews in the future.… Expand

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