Fresh
Middle-aged cocksureness, arrogance and incomprehension versus teenage revolt, with a young woman as a sort of arbiter, is the theme of this lively and inventive little pic.
Variety Staff, Variety
Overview
On their way to an afternoon on the lake, husband and wife Andrzej and Krystyna nearly run over a young hitchhiker. Inviting the young man onto the boat with them, Andrzej begins to subtly torment him; the hitchhiker responds by making overtures toward Krystyna. When the hitchhiker is accidentally knocked overboard, the husband's panic results in unexpected consequences. This was the first feature directed by Roman Polanski.
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Fresh
Polanski's first feature, a model of economic, imaginative film-making which, in many ways, he has hardly improved upon since.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
Knife in the Water has one of those simple, clearly expressed narratives that grabs you and holds you even though not much goes on.
Douglas Pratt, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
It eminently justifies the interest in its acid contents and in the techniques of its young director that it stirred.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
The sexual tensions build slowly and subtly, and when they explode into violence, it seems to be the desired result.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
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