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The Great Water Review

Other Critics provided by Metacritic.com

Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 4.0
    62

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Generally favorable reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 60

    out of 100

    Variety Robert Koehler

    Extraordinary perfs by a mostly young cast likely will be cancelled out by the grim subject.

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  • 60

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

    Intent as it is on being both artistically and politically involving, The Great Water periodically miscalculates its effects, coming on stronger than it intends.

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  • 60

    out of 100

    Village Voice Leslie Camhi

    Despite the choppy script and cartoonishly bad villains, what emerges is a compelling tale of the moral compromises a corrupt system demands of even its most unwilling participants.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    The New York Times Lawrence Van Gelder

    What makes the film worth watching are the extraordinary performances by the more than 250 children cast as orphans.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter Sheri Linden

    Adapting the novel by Zhivko Chingo, director Trajkov and his co-scripter, Vladimir Blazevski, have created a searing memory piece. Suki Medencevic's widescreen cinematography illuminates a shadow realm halfway between heaven and hell.

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  • 75

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

    An anguished Macedonian drama.

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