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The Waterdance

1992 · 106 min

A grounded, emotionally raw look at recovery and fragile relationships, mixing frustration and small moments of humor.

Tagline
Sometimes, life happens by accident.
Overview
Author Joel Garcia breaks his neck while hiking, and finds himself in a rehab center with Raymond, an exaggerating ladies man, and Bloss, a racist biker. Considerable tension builds as each character tries to deal with his new found handicap and the problems that go with it, especially Joel, whose lover Anna is having as difficult a time as he is.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • healing
  • identity
  • isolation
  • love
  • family
Places
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour4
Realism8
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Michael Steinberg, Neal Jimenez
Written by
Neal Jimenez
Starring
Eric Stoltz, Helen Hunt, Wesley Snipes, William Forsythe, Elizabeth Peña, William Allen Young, Tony Genaro, Grace Zabriskie
Music
Michael Convertino
Cinematography
Mark Plummer
Runtime
106 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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