Dark Water (2005)

Dahlia Williams (Jennifer Connelly) is starting a new life; newly separated with a new job and a new apartment, she's determined to put her relationship with her estranged husband behind her and devote herself to raising her daughter, Ceci (Ariel Gade). But when the strained separation disintegrates into a bitter custody battle, her situation takes a turn for the worse. Her new apartment--dilapidated, cramped, and worn--seems to take on a life of its own. Mysterious noises, persistent leaks of dark water, and strange happenings cause her imagination to run wild, sending her on a puzzling and mystifying pursuit to find out who is behind the endless mind games. Is it her husband, the slightly creepy super (Pete Postlethwaite), two teenage delinquents on a rampage, or something else? Hilarity ensues as Dahlia frantically searches for the links between the riddles, the dark water seems to close around her. But one thing trumps all others in Dahlia's world: no matter what it is that's out there, she'll stop at nothing to protect her daughter.

Trivia: A color dye usually used in concentrated gels for soft drinks was added to the water to turn it to a dark color. The heartbeat heard during Dahlia's migraines are from an ultrasound scan of Daniel Rezende's wife who got pregnant at the beginning of the shooting.

Ummmm...Jennifer Connelly. She is the lead so she had a very prominate presence in this movie and she did great for what she had, but this was one of those scary movies that just isn't that scary. The little girl was good, well actually both little girls were good (the second one, Natasha (Perla Haney-Jardine), was a ghost). It was pretty cool that they used Perla as both Natasha and a young Dahlia, that gave it a disconcerting feeling. But that was as scary as it got. The Natasha subplot was very sad as was the ending of the movie. It just wasn't scary. Did I mention that it wasn't scary. They did a good job of making the whole movie moist, in that almost every scene has a watery element to it, from rain to drips in the elevator to Dahlia's washing machine breaking so that she has to transfer her soaking wet clothes to a second washer. Oh yeah, one more thing. Ummmm...Jennifer Connelly.