kiraboo Review of Water's Edge

Water's Edge (2003)

Nathan Fillion saves this moving from being too lame

[5/10 · 27 December 2005]

This is one of those movies that if someone I really liked hadn't been in it, I would have stopped watching it. It was creepy in a not-enjoyable way (I'm not a fan of movies about women being assaulted), and there were too many times when I thought, "That's dumb. Why are they doing that?" For example, when someone decides to put a body in a car & push it in the water, instead of reporting the incident to the police (I'm being intentionally vague here in order to avoid major spoilers). It's full of movie clichés- someone you think is dead isn't, someone you think is good isn't, someone you think is guilty isn't, small-town folks band together, etc. Nathan Fillion, as always, shines. This movie could have been much better with just a little effort (better writing, mostly, probably better directing too). Disappointing.