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An exquisite film about the institutionalized oppression of an entire class of women and the way patriarchal imperatives inform religious belief.Full Review

The New York Times

Deftly balancing epic sociopolitical scope with intimate human emotions, all polished to a high technical gloss, Deepa Mehta's Water is a profoundly moving drama.Full Review

Eddie Cockrell
Variety

Exquisite storytelling, acting and visuals.Full Review

Kirk Honeycutt
The Hollywood Reporter

Water, set in 1930s India, is something pretty rare in the world of movies: an artistic muckraker. It is superb and strange at once, a discreet and self-disciplined attack dog of a movie.Full Review

Stephen Hunter
Washington Post

An exquisite film about the institutionalized oppression of an entire class of women and the way patriarchal imperatives inform religious belief.Full Review

Jeannette Catsoulis
The New York Times
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