SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Konterr Brilliant and touching

ChicRawIdol A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

thywerz The cast of Watermark all deliver great performances. In a film with little dialogue, it's exciting to see a group of actors bringing such depth to their performances. Jai Koutrae, being present in almost every scene, exudes emotion. Watermark is just amazing for its really strong performances. In an interview, the cast said they worked a lot with the director in rehearsals on the methods of unspoken communication and you can see the results in the finished film. Another aspect of the film that sets it apart is the way in which the characters' emotions are drawn out through the visual imagery. It's rare to achieve such heights in feeling without recourse to the spoken word. The water almost becomes another silent but powerful character in the film. It envelops the characters.

briandet6 This is the best film I have been to in ages. It is a story of a guy who can't put into words what he has seen. It's sort of a thriller and a mystery rolled into one. At its core is a story that deals with an issue that is very rarely discussed. The central character is deeply tormented by what he has witnessed, but the director very cleverly conceals the mystery until the end.The visuals are amazing and the soundtrack deeply haunting. You are on the edge of your seat for the entire film and that is true cinema. What struck me was that the film was an interesting unfolding of the drama that was very careful not to give away too much at the beginning. Essentially the two women leads really carry the entire film. Both never appear in a scene together and yet both characters have a profound effect on one another in a way that neither fully understands. It's a very clever film and the director excels at telling this very complex story.

nicoledrew2 That is one very controversial film..WATERMARK is just so weird yet a great film. Everything and everyone is on the edge.it's a thriller made by a woman and that makes it very different. Georgina Willis is obviously a talented director to watch.The intensity of the drama is such that you are sitting on the edge of your seat the whole time.you know someone will kill but it's the women who you know have the potential.brilliant and not surprising that it is the first Australian feature at Cannes in years.The film is very confronting and I think this is going to have people really talking fo a long time...I saw it with someone and it really got us talking-it's a film with no simple right or wrong...that is such a change as the audience is left to really think about the events

Mozjoukine You've really got to wonder. Upstairs in Sydney's State theatre, after the festival screening of WATERMARK, a thousand people (the one's left after a heavy walk out) are begging extra audience ballot papers so they can vote how awful the thing was another time and down stairs the film maker is hosting an approving gathering, explaining that after sending her to Cannes with it, the Australian Film Commission is freighting round the planet, this incomprehensible, protracted, pretentious wannabe production with it's soapie actor's delivery awful synth. score in a theatrical guage blow up.There may be a time and place for such apprentice works (I nominate Tasmania in 1985) but to put it shoulder to shoulder with international product is symptomatic of how far the local funding structure has lost contact with reality.I'm assured there is a plot line to do with the character who has a naked beach make out with the mother of the child she drowns while suffering from post birth depression thus crippling his subsequent relationships. Exactly where all this occurs in the endless driving point of view shots and boat repairs, I'm unable to say. Oh and they purloined Goddard's switched letters plot somewhere in there too.