2019 · drama · thriller
Dark Waters
Directed by Todd Haynes2h 7m2019
A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — his future, his family, and his own life — to expose the truth.
Our read: Dark Waters (2019) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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