Storyline
In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor travels to Turkey to discover the fate of his three sons, reported missing in action. Holding on to hope, Joshua must travel across the war-torn landscape to find the truth and his own peace.
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Cast
Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Isabel Lucas, Steve Bastoni, Robert Mammone, Michael Dorman, Jacqueline McKenzie, Ryan Corr, Damon Herriman, Deniz Akdeniz, Daniel Wyllie, Jai Courtney, Megan Gale, Christopher Sommers, Yılmaz Erdoğan, Cem Yılmaz, James Fraser, Ben O'Toole, Salih Kalyon, Dylan Georgiades, Benedict Hardie, Aidan Liam Smith, Jack Douglas Patterson, Ben Norris
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Reviews
80
The film’s only let down by its too-frequent recourse to narrative cliché.
70
The film gives a lot of space to emotions, but Crowe reins in his outsized personality to contribute an affecting, understated performance and, as director, underplays the allegories, particularly the recurring water motif, so they seep through the narrative organically.
70
The Water Diviner is a heart-warming tale of family, love and sacrifice told with four-square enthusiasm and manliness by director and star Russell Crowe.
63
The performances are moving and get the job done, and Kurylenko (“Quantum of Solace”) wins us over by the way she slowly lets Connor, her enemy, win her sympathy.
60
A handsome crowdpleaser with a big heart.
