Below Water (2023) Poster

(2023)

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1/10
Don't waste your time!
actorschu-443-7292232 April 2024
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Nothing happens. This is like Groundhogs Day if nothing happened over and over and over. I kid you not, nothing happens. There are scenes of walking through the woods. Scenes of distress in the water where the female character surfaces and discovers a floating life jacket. Scenes of walking along the bank of the water. Scenes of floating down (?) the body of water. However, there are no real signs of "why" any of this is even occurring. No urgency, no apparent motivation, only mystery -- the same mystery for the ENTIRE film -- what is the purpose of this film?

I couldn't believe it was over an hour long. This could have been 5 minutes long. It's a shame, too, as the filmmaking is pretty good.
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8/10
Experimental Gem
memphisspence24 February 2024
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Experimental true storytelling! At first I was concerned about the pacing of this film but that changed about halfway through. There a sense of disturbance that you feel, but you also have an equally strong feeling of relaxation. It's kinda hard to discribe until you watch it.

This indie film draws you into the plight of the central figure who's trying to figure out what happened. There are small clues along the way if you're paying attention.

The sound imaging and sound design are the parts which stand out the most to me. They both become the dialougue for this film and make it stand out. A well thought out experimental gem.
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8/10
interesting film
kalanipark22 February 2024
Most of the film as about a girl who loses her memory while swimming. Most of the time she is wondering trying to figure out what's going on and who she is.

Must have been hard for the team to shoot the project as most of it was shot in the water and or around the water.

The films kind of felt like a blair witch style camcorder film but a character is not holding the camera.

The movie has one character that you follow and that's pretty much it for the entirety of the film. Good try by the team on this indie film. They had some under water shots, creek shots, down a river basically a bunch of time on the water.
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