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Dark water patricia highsmith5/19/2023 As their mutual provocations and mind games escalate, things quickly turn into a deadly game of cat and mouse as Melinda’s extramarital dalliances start going missing." "Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas star as Vic and Melinda Van Allen, an affluent New Orleans couple whose marriage is crumbling under the weight of resentment, jealousy, and mistrust. Here is the official synopsis for the movie: "Despite his erotic thriller credentials, Lynne makes a tepid return to the director's chair with a rather basic adaptation of an intriguing marital character study that Affleck struggles to enlive." - Hanna Flint, Empire (40/100) (opens in new tab) Deep Water plotĭeep Water (opens in new tab) is a Patricia Highsmith novel that was originally published in 1957 as a psychological thriller, the story follows Vic and Melinda Van Allen. "In 2022 it's a true gift seeing a film so unafraid of being as lurid, provocative and unabashedly horny as Deep Water." - Mitchell Beaupre, The Film Stage (91/100) (opens in new tab) "After a dangerous, ever personal, first half, Deep Water becomes crude in all the wrong ways." - Chuck Bowen, Slant (50/100) (opens in new tab) As of March 18, Deep Water is has a 39% "rotten" score on Rotten Tomatoes, while it is faring a bit better on Metacritic, earning a 51, which classifies it as "mixed." The reviews for Deep Water have started to come in, but critics aren't getting too hot and steamy for the Affleck/de Armas erotic thriller.
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