‘Dark Waters’: A David-vs-Goliath Legal Thriller for Our Times

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'Dark Waters' is Todd Haynes' David-vs-Goliath legal thriller for our times, says Peter Travers. Our review

) grows tentative. The firm’s boss, Tom Terp , encourages Billot’s investigation, but other partners are threatened by his obsession to bite the hand that feeds them. And Dupont’s chief executive is quickly running out of patience.

What makes it a Haynes film, besides the evocative camera genius of Haynes regular Ed Lachman, is something intangible and mysterious. The director’s admirers will think immediately ofthe 1995 indie classic starring Julianne Moore as a wife and mother who thinks she’s being poisoned by something unidentifiable in the environment. That feeling of dread pervades throughout, and deepens the film’s scarily timely themes beyond the usual demands of docudrama.

 

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‘Dark Waters’ Review: A Deep Dive for the TruthMark Ruffalo stars in his passion project about an environmental lawyer seeking justice for a West Virginia farmer. Oh I'm sure that movie will be blockbuster said NO ONE ever! I grew up in Coolville Ohio area, close to the Dupont plant and was impacted by the poisoning. Back then it was more than water; our air quality was horrible. Dark Waters tells the truth. The group 'the truth about dark waters' tries to cast doubt on this atrocity with lies.
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