Water
Seen it?2005 | 115 min | Drama, Romance
Sunday Safe Betearly ratingWhy it’s a Sunday Safe Bet
Critics loved it (91% on Rotten Tomatoes), though it had soft box office. A safe bet when you want something reliable.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for romantics. If you loved Hamnet or Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, start here. Critics rate it higher than audiences do, so it rewards patience more than it chases thrills.
- The mood
- Warm and romantic.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 55 min.
- What might put you off
- Audiences were cooler on it than critics.
In 1938, Mahatma Gandhi's groundbreaking philosophies sweep across India, but 8-year-old Chuyia, newly widowed, must go reside with other outcast widows on an ashram. Her presence transforms the ashram as she befriends two of her compatriots.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsVery strong
91% on Rotten Tomatoes, 77 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
6.8 out of 10
- AwardsSolid
15 wins and 10 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$10 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 110K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Deepa Mehta
- Seema BiswasShakuntala
- Lisa RayKalyani
- John AbrahamNarayan
- SaralaChuyia
- ManoramaMadhumati
- Vidula Javalgekar'Auntie' Patiraji
- Raghubir YadavGulabi
- Kulbhushan KharbandaSadananda
- Vinay PathakRabindra
- Gerson Da CunhaSeth Dwarkanath