Waterworld (1995) Reviews & Ratings

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Waterworld reviews

Waterworld holds a 6.2/10 average from 4,234 TMDB ratings.

You're a fool to believe in something you've never seen. Waterworld is directed by Kevin Reynolds and jointly written by David Twohy, Peter Rader and Joss Whedon. It stars Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tina Majorino, Michael Jeter and Gerard Murphy. Music is scored by James Newton Howard and cinematography by Dean Semler. It's the future and the polar ice caps have melted and the Earth is practic…
— John Chard (8/10)

**Rather poorly edited and cut, this film is downright forgettable.** I've seen this movie twice, and I honestly can't believe it. It was truly the same as burning money. After being impressed by the poor quality of the film, I went to read and research about it, and discovered the eventual cause of this disaster: from the beginning, it was a project doomed to failure. Badly planned, it was filmed in a place where t…
— Filipe Manuel Neto (1/10)

**Score: 8/10 An Ambitious, Misunderstood, and Genuinely Entertaining Epic** *Waterworld* has long been the punchline of Hollywood excess a byword for bloated budgets, troubled productions, and critical derision. Its TMDB score reflects this reputation, a casualty of its own mythologised failures. But watching it now, decades removed from the hype and the hatchet jobs, reveals a different truth: *Waterworld* is not…
— misubisu (8/10)

In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland'—which is tattooed on Enola's back.

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