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Deep Water

2022

Adrian Lyne

Ben Affleck, Ana de Armas, Kristen Connolly, Tracy Letts ...

4.6

5,544

Thriller. Mystery. Drama A well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers.

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Debruge Variety	"The 'Unfaithful' helmer returns with this steamy, if superficial (shallow?) Patricia Highsmith adaptation (...) [It] is still sexy and plenty entertaining"
		Hanna Flint Empire	"Despite his erotic thriller credentials, Lyne makes a tepid return to the director’s chair with a rather basic adaptation of an intriguing marital character study that Affleck struggles to enliven (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"The film plods along in such a disconcerting way (...) 'Deep Water' looks like a huge amount of material has been shaped in the edit but there are odd gaps and elisions (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] manages to drain all the subtlety and psychological complexity from Highsmith’s story of marital warfare, transgression and obsession."
		James Mottram South China Morning Post	"Compared to Lyne’s earlier work, Deep Water is ragged; it’s not got the same zeitgeist-tapping polish of Fatal Attraction. But there’s something enjoyably trashy about it that fans of erotic thrillers"
		Gabriella Geisinger Digital Spy	"It's a shame that a film that purports to be an erotic thriller is neither sexy nor tense, and it feels like a waste of talent –not only Affleck and de Armas' but also of director Adrian Lyne (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Don Kaye Den of Geek	"Deep Water is not for me. But it’s not for you either, and it’s not for anyone who likes a well-written, well-directed, well-cast motion picture."
		Mitchell Beaupre The Film Stage	"Lyne has crafted a welcome return to a genre long needing resurgence (...) it takes a fascinating relationship dynamic and uses it to examine the complex web of modern relationships"
		Sophie Monks Kaufman The Playlist	"[It] contains some earnestly committed performances (...) and a sparkling teaser for Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe (...) The dynamic between her and Affleck is fascinating: not ridiculous enough to be camp, but not far off."
		Maggie Lovitt Collider	"An erotic thriller without any of the promised eroticism (...) Deep Water feels like a derivative of much better thrillers like A Simple Favor or Gone Girl"
		K. Austin Collins Rolling Stone	"Director Adrian Lyne's first movie in 20 years drowns in unanswered questions —mainly, what the heck it's about (...) 'Deep Water' doesn't pan out. It doesn't add up. Not in a fun way: in an unsatisfying way"
		Ricky Valero Ready Steady Cut	"Deep Water might not reinvent any wheels, but the psychological writing paired with good performances from Affleck and de Armas make this a good time (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Chuck Bowen Slant	"After a dangerous, even personal, first half, Deep Water becomes crude in all the wrong ways (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Peter Travers ABC News	"Lyne drowns 'Deep Water' in bad decisions that fail to trust the Highsmith take on the dark side of human nature (...) My advice? Skip the movie, read the book"
		Donald Clarke Irish Times	"Neurotic, not very erotic and pretty pathetic (...) [It] fails miserably to be any sort of good film (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"
		Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"It's really a vicious piece of work, a movie made by a filmmaker who is unafraid to see the primal, darker parts that beautiful people hide behind their gorgeous facades"
		Brian Lowry CNN	"Affleck and de Armas' generate enough heat to make 'Deep Water' worth watching, even if the movie seems destined to generate its biggest splash over what transpired off screen instead of what's on it"
		Emily Zemler The New York Observer	"An erotic thriller that's neither erotic nor thrilling (...) It's unclear what happened to derail [it] so aggressively and where the fault lies. It's not exactly a dull watch, but it's a purposeless one (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"
		Oli Welsh Polygon	"The film belongs to de Armas and Affleck. Particularly Affleck, who is showing not only his range and resourcefulness as an actor, but also a sly gift for manipulation of his own image"
		Dana Stevens Slate	"Movies where an intimate physical relationship functions as the main driver of the film's suspense. 'Deep Water' understands and appreciates that, even if it doesn't consistently manage to dole it out over its rocky runtime"

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