That Costner's antihero should be so fundamentally dislikable is entirely acceptable - after all, the Mariner's arc makes him an eternal outsider... - but that he should also be deadly dull is less so

| Jan 21, 2019

Costner... is totally humorless and as dreary as the landscape he travels. And the uninspired and often inane dialogue in Peter Rader and David Twohy's script doesn't help.

| Jun 12, 2018

Waterworld is a pretty damn good summer movie. There, I've said it...it's a breezy, clever entertainment with stirring effects.

| Feb 16, 2018

| Original Score: B | Sep 7, 2011

It's a genuine vault at greatness that misses the mark -- but survives.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 18, 2002

A moderately successful guy's movie with both weak and strong elements where lots of things are brilliantly blown up and few things make any kind of sense.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 13, 2001

Waterworld is a near-model summer fantasy: two hours and 21 minutes of loud, expansive fun.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2000

If the story seems a little waterlogged, it's still big, loud, and fun to watch.

| Jan 1, 2000

It's one of those marginal pictures you're not unhappy to have seen, but can't quite recommend.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Has the makings of a cult movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Waterworld isn't Fishtar, but Kevin Costner's pricey, post-apocalyptic sloshbuckler isn't a seafaring classic either.

| Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: B | Jul 28, 1995