The Weight of Water

About The Weight of Water

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 (2001) is a mystery thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Sean Penn appears as Thomas Janes, Catherine McCormack as Jean Janes, Elizabeth Hurley as Adaline Gunne, and Sarah Polley as Maren Hontvedt.

It runs 113 minutes and was released in March 2001. Written by Alice Arlen and Christopher Kyle.

In the United States it streams on BFI Player Amazon Channel. It scores 5.4 out of 10 from 197 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.