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8 out of 8 people found the following review helpful:
Trouble The Water
Tallos from , 6th May, 2009
Excellent. Really amazing to see first person point of view when the hurricane hits and they are stuck up in the attic. Disturbing, upsetting, yet uplifting as well. Great soundtrack too.
5 out of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Bad Bad Bad
Sarahrpond from , 22nd August, 2009
This has got to be the worst film i have ever watched and i only managed 10 mins before i had to turn it off!!!
4 out of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2 stars
A Customer from Wotton-under-Edge, 9th September, 2009
not very good did not enjoy the film
3 out of 3 people found the following review helpful:
trouble the water
A Customer from Pontypridd, 29th July, 2009
all the jigging around with the camera made me feel sick
2 out of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Trouble the Water
forestdweller from , 29th July, 2009
A fine example of citizens taking control of the camera and providing both a viewpoint and an indictment of the effects and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Intercut with network clips, it is a moving and troubling account of events told from a touchingly human angle. We need more of the same.
Hard work
A Customer from London, 6th June, 2009
Interesting subject matter but the amateur film making and thick accents make it difficult to follow. Short message which it takes a long time to deliver.
1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Documentary
salmanfan from from London, 27th August, 2009
Very amateurish. It got its point over but it was too long and and not to the point
Beyond Belief & Presented Raw
Rafellin from , 25th August, 2009
If you suffer motion sickness from juddering hand-held camcorder work, then brace yourself for the first ten minutes or so, and be assured it gets better. But you must endure to see a slice of life like you may never see again. Presented in stark contrasts and personal record, hurricane Katrina and it's aftermath for the poorest side of the New Orleans community. I do not recall a documentary film where it's main players show themselves with such honesty when it would not paint them as stereotypical 'good' people. A film about survival. A film that shows and tells about systemic hypocrisy and media usage. Above all, a film about family strength. Watch this.
Trouble the camera
Flapbat from , 2nd August, 2009
This potentially devastating insider view of the Katrina tragedy is rendered almost unwatchable by the incessant wild jolts and fidgets of the camera. I was feeling head-achey after 2 minutes.
Induces both rage and respect in equal measure
Robbiedjude from , 12th September, 2009
For me it is rare to go through more than one emotion a film. I like to blame this on the simplistic and childish tosh hollywood produces nowadays but think I'm just watching the wrong sort of movies. Trouble the Water is extraordinary and I have never used that word in a review before. One second you seeth with rage at the ineptitude of the federal government that lets hundreds of thousands of its own citizens suffer while doing nothing, the next your panicing for the filmmakers safety(even though you now they must survive) and lastly you're laughing and marvelling at the sheer resiliance and strength of those involved as they fight to survive, lose everything and keep fighting. I've used the word once. I'm going to use it again. An extraordinary documentary.
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