Waterland

– The story of a mentally anguished high school history teacher going through a complete reassessment ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.70 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 35 Minutes
Release Year:
1992
Waterland (1992)

The story of a mentally anguished high school history teacher going through a complete reassessment of his life. His method for reassessing his life is to narrate it to his class and interweave in it three generations of his family's history.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
UK
Filming Locations:
Genre:
Release Date:

30 Oct 1992

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Stephen Gyllenhaal

Writer:

Graham Swift (novel), Peter Prince (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Jeremy Irons, Sinéad Cusack, Grant Warnock, Lena Headey

Plot:

Tom Crick, a high school history teacher, is having trouble connecting - with his class, with his wife. He ventures into telling his class stories about his young adulthood in the Fens district in England. The emotional wounds from his younger life wash over him in present day, affecting his work and his relationships with his students and his wife.

Awards:

1 win.

Production:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
53%