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The Water Diviner
It is a story that carries more lofty meanings in life. The story tells of an adventure four years after the devastating Battle of Gallipoli in Turkey during the First World War. The story tells of a man named Connor, who travels to Istanbul to discover the fate of his sons, who appear to be missing. He has a relationship with beautiful Turkish women to help him reach what he wants. It seems that hope is still there, with the help of a Turkish officer, Conor is embarking on a trip across the country to find the truth that seems to be missing under those circumstances.
7 August 1975, Perth, Australia
15 January 1989, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
13 December 2003, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
26 April 1981, Auckland, New Zealand
1985, London, England, UK
5 March 1931, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
1 March 1993, Australia
29 January 1985, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1971, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
December 30, 2015
As expected, what an actor-turned-director like Crowe can do is pull strong performances out of his cast.
December 21, 2015
A well-meaning, worthy and, at times, moving ode to Gallipoli.
April 02, 2016
The preposterousness of [the story] is offset by Crowe's powerful depiction of the horrors of war for both the Australians and Turks.
April 24, 2015
Crowe strives to strike a universal chord about the futility of war. Simplistic? Maybe. But in crafting a film about the pain a parent feels after losing a child in battle, Crowe transcends borders and politics.
May 11, 2017
This is a movie lacking in life or vibrancy, or any real emotions for us to actually connect to or relate to the characters; it is enamoured by its subject matter and as such tries to make itself too respectful.
April 24, 2015
Crowe needs, badly, a director to push back against his default mode: The script for The Water Diviner posits that Joshua Connor is the most interesting man in the frame at all times, but Crowe's performance doesn't earn that.
April 24, 2015
It's clear that Russell Crowe has poured his heart and soul into the historical romance The Water Diviner, his first feature as a director. If only the film were better.
February 24, 2016
[This is] for the tiresome cynics who think that many films aren't about anything anymore, and would rather a film be definitively about something, than any good overall.
April 24, 2015
A sloggy, heartfelt piece of quasi-magical realist storytelling.
April 24, 2015
Even slightly self-censored, its images of broken cities and the walking wounded is a strong restating of the film's message: There is no such thing as a "good" war. There's only war - sometimes necessary, sometimes not. And always inhuman.
April 26, 2015
Indeed, this is the 51-year-old Crowe's first time as a movie director, but he's hardly a novice actor stepping behind the camera for some sort of vanity project.
