great story treated poorly

Rating: 6/10 (18 April 2015)

Thee weakest link in Russell Crowe's direction debut is the direction. I will not talk about Historical inaccuracies but will limit myself to the presented story. The Water Diviner tells the amazing story of Joshua Connor who, after the death of his wife went to Turky to find the bodies of his sons who died there in the battle of Gallipolli. The plot sounds depressing, but the movie does not follow this sad theme. As a war movie, it portrays the horror of war and does not glorify it. But the romance, that grew between Russell Crowe and Olga Kurylenko makes the plot predictable, though not believable. Who falls in love, while looking for the bodies his own dead sons? There are other bits and pieces of irregularities that catches your eye. You can spot the weak scenes from the stronger ones. Two other weak scenes that I would like to mention is the death of Mrs Connor and the candle light diner between Crowe and Kurylenko.