DEEP WATER
Starring: Ben Affleck, Ana de Armas, Tracy Letts, Lil Rel Howery, Dash Mihok, Finn Wittrock, Kristen Connolly, Jacob Elordi and Rachel Blanchard
Director: Adrian Lyne
QUENTIN
When watching an erotic thriller (especially one from director Adrian Lyne), one generally expects eroticism and thrills. Deep Water has neither. What it has is an underwritten story with an “uhh, that’s it?” ending, nonsensical character motivations, and, for some reason, snails. Also, considering they were dating during filming, how do Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas have absolutely zero chemistry? In any event, Deep Water is an often laughably bad movie that attempts to capture the trashiness of the aggressively sexual movies of the 90s, yet fails in achieving the titillating sexiness that would at least make it suitable for “Netflix & Chill.”
PAIGE
The new erotic thriller Deep Water offers some nice cat-and-mouse elements before drowning in, well, deep waters. The film’s setup is interesting, but there is just no meat to the story. With such a thin plot, it presents zero accountability or consequences for either of the lead’s behaviors, leaving characters that should be multilayered to be shallow. Overall, the film leaves you with more questions than answers, and, to be quite honest, it’s as dull and slow as a snail.
