The Water Diviner 2015

4.4

Richard RoeperChicago Sun-Times

A first-rate post-World War I drama with a heavy dose of sentiment and a gripping storyline.

4.0

All this publication's reviewsTotal Film

The film’s only let down by its too-frequent recourse to narrative cliché.

3.8

Sara StewartNew York Post

Crowe makes the most of his own quiet presence, and this ode to the world’s never-recovered soldiers and their families is a fitting meditation on the insanity of war.

3.8

Peter TraversRolling Stone

In The Water Diviner, Crowe strives to strike a universal chord about the futility of war. Simplistic? Maybe. But in crafting a film about the pain a parent feels after losing a c..

3.8

Inkoo KangTheWrap

Crowe’s beauty-seeking, but exoticizing camera is slightly outmatched by his performance, which anchors the film with regret tinged with hope. But what continues to haunt after ..

3.5

All this publication's reviewsScreen International

The Water Diviner is a heart-warming tale of family, love and sacrifice told with four-square enthusiasm and manliness by director and star Russell Crowe.