Its 1919 and World War I has just ended. Joshua Connor's three sons are Australian soldiers who never returned home. Connor's wife commits suicide after hearing the news that all three are dead. After having a prophetic dream, Connor leaves Australia and travels to distant nations to retrieve the bodies of the dead. He uncovers dark secrets about the ANZAC army in his search. "The Water Diviner' hit theaters on Friday, April 24.
"The Water Diviner' stars Russell Crowe as Joshua Connor, Olga Kurylenko as Ayshe, Dylan Georgiades as Orhan, Y?lmaz Erdo?an as Major Hasan, Cem Y?lmaz as Sergeant Jemal, Jai Courtney as Lt-Col Cyril Hughes, Ryan Corr as Arthur Connor, Jacqueline McKenzie as Eliza Connor, Isabel Lucas as Natalia, Mert Firat as Mil. Officer, Daniel Wyllie as Captain Charles Brindley, Damon Herriman as Father McIntyre, Megan Gale as Fatma, Deniz Akdeniz as Imam, Steve Bastoni as Omer, James Fraser as Edward Connor, Ben O'Toole as Henry Connor, and Robert Mammone as Colonel Demergelis.
The Water Diviner" has an Audience Score of 66%. Its average rating is 3.5/5 out of 7,262 user ratings. The film has a 59% on the Tomatometer with 66 Fresh Tomatoes and 45 Rotten Tomatoes out of 111 reviews counted.
Russell Crowe directed the film. It was edited by Matt Villa. The producers of the film are Troy Lum, Andrew Mason, and Keith Rodger. Andrew Anastasios and Andrew Knight wrote the story. The $22.5 million film features music by David Hirschfelder. Fear of God Films, Hopscotch Features, Seven Network, and RatPac Entertainment are the production companies. It was distributed by Universal Studios, Entertainment One, and Warner Bros. The film runs for 111 minutes.
Reviews from Rotten Tomatoes:
"Crowe makes the most of his own quiet presence, and this ode to the world's never-recovered soldiers and their families is a fitting meditation on the insanity of war," wrote Sarah Stewart from the New York Post.
"Crowe strives to strike a universal chord about the futility of war. Simplistic? Maybe. But in crafting a film about the pain a parent feels after losing a child in battle, Crowe transcends borders and politics," wrote Peter Travers from Rolling Stone.
"A sloggy, heartfelt piece of quasi-magical realist storytelling," wrote Peter Rainer from the Christian Science Monitor.
"Even slightly self-censored, its images of broken cities and the walking wounded is a strong restating of the film's message: There is no such thing as a "good" war. There's only war - sometimes necessary, sometimes not. And always inhuman," wrote Stephen Whitty from Newark Star-Ledger.
"Making his directorial debut with the brawny and big-hearted Australian war drama The Water Diviner, Russell Crowe taps a deep well of symbolism, cultural empathy and good old-fashioned storytelling," wrote Megan Lehmann from the Hollywood Reporter.
