Fresh
They've found a way of serving up these images without seeming callous or exploitative or preachy.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Watermark
2013 · 1h 32m · PG
Documentary
Directed by
Edward Burtynsky
,
Jennifer Baichwal
Overview
Following their triumph with Manufactured Landscapes, photographer Edward Burtynsky and filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal reunite to explore the ways in which humanity has shaped, manipulated and depleted one of its most vital and compromised resources: water.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
77%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Although the visuals are spectacular - a barren Colorado River looks like a landscape from a science-fiction epic - there's not much else here to grab on.
Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic
Fresh
As in Manufactured Landscapes, the long shots of natural and man-made environments have a patterned, abstract beauty that often chafes against the ugly truth on the ground.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh
It relies heavily on visuals and offers minimal context. The project has a pro-environment feeling, which comes across implicitly, not through browbeating or preaching.
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
It's the majesty and beauty of water at its most pure that stays with us longest.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
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