The Weight of Water (2000) Rotten Tomatoes

The Weight of Water: Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. With Catherine McCormack, Sean Penn, Sarah Polley, Ciarán Hinds. A newspaper photographer researches an 1873 double homicide and finds her own life paralleling that of a witness who survived the tragic ordeal.. The Weight of Water is a 1997 novel by Anita Shreve. Half of the novel is historical fiction based on the Smuttynose Island murders, which took place in 1873. The book was adapted for a film of the same name, directed by Kathryn Bigelow and released in 2000.

The Weight of Water is a 2000 psychological thriller film [3][4] directed by Kathryn Bigelow, and starring Catherine McCormack, Sean Penn, Elizabeth Hurley, Josh Lucas, Vinessa Shaw, Katrin Cartlidge, Ciarán Hinds, and Sarah Polley. Based on Anita Shreve 's 1997 novel of the same name, it follows a newspaper photographer who, while researching the murders of two Norwegian immigrants that.. Photographer Jean is drawn into the history of an 1873 double murder of two sisters when she's assigned to examine the scene of the crime. Watch trailers & learn more.