Somehow or other, form and intent mesh together utterly seamlessly.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 5, 2014

It's not as focused as its predecessor, but its best sequences rehydrate the mind.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 4, 2014

Stand out scenes would work as well as stills in a photography book.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 4, 2014

They've found a way of serving up these images without seeming callous or exploitative or preachy.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 1, 2014

Although the visuals are spectacular - a barren Colorado River looks like a landscape from a science-fiction epic - there's not much else here to grab on.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 1, 2014

As in Manufactured Landscapes, the long shots of natural and man-made environments have a patterned, abstract beauty that often chafes against the ugly truth on the ground.

| Apr 24, 2014

It relies heavily on visuals and offers minimal context. The project has a pro-environment feeling, which comes across implicitly, not through browbeating or preaching.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 18, 2014

It's the majesty and beauty of water at its most pure that stays with us longest.

| Apr 17, 2014

Here's a case of images in the service of important ideas, rather than entertainment, yet they could hardly be more powerful, from roaring torrents released by a dam in China to a lyrical helicopter shot of a glistening river in British Columbia.

| Apr 17, 2014

It's as if the movie's many pieces are supposed to be like impressionistic brush strokes. When seen together, the result is pretty to look at. But it's not as meaningful as it should be.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 10, 2014

These exceptionally gifted filmmakers are simply best at the long view of the human species and its impact.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 10, 2014

A Canadian photographer dedicated to chronicling how man affects the environment turns his attention from land to water with mesmerizing results.

| Apr 4, 2014

Always arresting and sometimes troubling, "Watermark" - aside from the odd comment here and there - neither lectures nor argues.

| Apr 3, 2014

Unfortunately, while the documentary's points are clear, its desire to articulate them primarily through contrasts neuters some of its persuasiveness.

| Original Score: C+ | Apr 3, 2014

Watermark is a documentary filled with images both beautiful and wrenching, yet the film as a whole is a disappointment.

| Apr 1, 2014

By keeping explanatory talking-heads interviews to a minimum, the filmmakers put their trust in the audience to draw their own conclusions based on what they present to us.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 31, 2014

It's meant to inspire us to think about our relationship with water and how we use it, and in this it succeeds admirably.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 25, 2013