{"id":417256,"date":"2022-03-16T19:00:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/deep-water-sees-adrian-lyne-resurface-with-a-darkly-fun-love-story\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T19:00:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T16:00:58","slug":"deep-water-sees-adrian-lyne-resurface-with-a-darkly-fun-love-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/deep-water-sees-adrian-lyne-resurface-with-a-darkly-fun-love-story\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Deep Water&#8217; Sees Adrian Lyne Resurface With a Darkly Fun Love Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a400a4545b2e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a400a4545b2e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/deep-water-sees-adrian-lyne-resurface-with-a-darkly-fun-love-story\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Deep_Water_Sees_Adrian_Lyne_Resurface_With_a_Darkly_Fun_Love_Story%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;Deep Water&#8217; Sees Adrian Lyne Resurface With a Darkly Fun Love Story&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/deep-water-sees-adrian-lyne-resurface-with-a-darkly-fun-love-story\/#Recommended_Reading\" >Recommended Reading<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Deep_Water_Sees_Adrian_Lyne_Resurface_With_a_Darkly_Fun_Love_Story%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;Deep Water&#8217; Sees Adrian Lyne Resurface With a Darkly Fun Love Story&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-media \">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/deep-water-2.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Deep Water\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/deep-water-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/deep-water-2-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><br \/>\n                        <span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\">20th Century Studios<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>        <!-- START BYLINE --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\">\n            By\u00a0Rob Hunter\u00a0\u00b7 Published on March 16th, 2022\n            <\/div>\n<p>        <!-- END BYLINE --><\/p>\n<p>        Any conversation about the erotic thriller subgenre is going to include more than a few mentions of <strong>Adrian Lyne<\/strong>. <em>9 1\/2 Weeks<\/em> (1986), <em>Fatal Attraction<\/em> (1987), <em>Indecent Proposal<\/em> (1993), <em>Lolita<\/em> (1997), and <em>Unfaithful<\/em> (2002) are some of the genre\u2019s most memorable entries leading Lyne\u2019s directorial career to become synonymous with all things sexy, stylish, and erotically charged. (The unfortunate side effect being that too many people have forgotten about his brief detour into a different genre all together with 1990\u2019s still-excellent <em>Jacob\u2019s Ladder<\/em>.) In addition to being his last erotic thriller, <em>Unfaithful<\/em> was also Lyne\u2019s final film, period \u2014 until now. Twenty years later he\u2019s finally returned, and if <strong><em>Deep Water<\/em><\/strong> can\u2019t quite compare to the raw steaminess of the films that preceded it, it\u2019s by design. This is an enjoyably dark peek into the desires and demands of an outwardly unh<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y married couple that entertains with a deceptively light touch.<\/p>\n<p>Vic (<strong>Ben Affleck<\/strong>) is a father, a husband, and a retired IT whiz who hit it big after developing a microchip for drones. His hobbies include raising snails, writing poetry, and riding his mountain bike, while wife Melinda\u2019s (<strong>Ana de Armas<\/strong>) interests are limited to one \u2014 flirting, flaunting, and fooling around with other men. Their friends have noticed, and the gossip has grown to include the idea that Vic may have even killed one of Mel\u2019s previous \u201cfriends,\u201d an idea that Vic himself originates by jokingly telling her current obsession Joel (<strong>Brendan Miller<\/strong>) that he murdered the missing man with a hammer. Things only grow more complicated and murky when another one of her male friends drowns in the pool during a party. Is Vic a cuck who\u2019s cracked, or is something else at play here?<\/p>\n<p>This will surprise viewers, but <em>Deep Water<\/em> is a surprisingly and intentionally funny movie. Early comparisons to David Fincher\u2019s <em>Gone Girl<\/em> (2014) are accurate as much for the superficial plot similarities as for the darkly comic heart beating beneath its surface, and while it\u2019s not nearly to that film\u2019s level it\u2019s still an unexpectedly entertaining look at love\u2019s many varied forms. Looks can be deceiving, and one couple\u2019s dysfunction can sometimes be another\u2019s secret to a healthy relationship. What brings two people together might just be the thing that drives another apart. What turns one person on could be a libido-killer for the next. Expectations, it turns out, are as fleeting as the sweat from a one-night stand.<\/p>\n<p><em>Deep Water<\/em>\u2018s script, co-written by <strong>Zach Helm<\/strong> and <strong>Sam Levinson<\/strong> \u2014 the writers of <em>Mr. Magorium\u2019s Wonder Emporium<\/em> (2007) and <em>Euphoria<\/em> (2019-2022), respectively (and hilariously) \u2014 is an adaptation of <strong>Patricia Highsmith<\/strong>\u2018s 1957 novel of the same name (which in another quick reference to <em>Gone Girl<\/em> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/wall-street-journal-book-club-gillian-flynn-on-patricia-highsmith-1398362234?tesla=y\">is one of Gillian Flynn\u2019s favorite books<\/a>). It retains the premise and key initial beats of Highsmith\u2019s <em>Deep Water<\/em> but makes some drastic changes in the back half resulting in a wholly different direction and outcome. As mentioned, that outcome is a slyly humorous thriller about the ups and downs of one couple\u2019s love life. Lyne and the writers are ultimately less interested in the core mystery than they initially let on, but it\u2019s in service of a temperamental and oddly endearing love story.<\/p>\n<p>Affleck and Armas are joined in their mildly twisted journey by friends and neighbors including <strong>Lil Rel Howery<\/strong>, <strong>Dash Mihok<\/strong>, and an out of his element but clearly having a blast <strong>Tracy Letts<\/strong>. The whole cast is on the same page here walking a fine line with a story balancing serious consequences with a crafty wink. While far from a broad comedy, there are some beats in <em>Deep Water<\/em> that encourage an audible laugh, and Affleck is the face behind many of them. He excels at playing damaged everymen with a shadow about them, someone whose disarming charisma gets them in the front door even as their darkness leaves a threat hanging in the air. A warm but tired smile, a hulking menace slowly approaching, a man whose intentions can seemingly turn on a snail\u2019s shell \u2014 with the right material, Affleck is as capable of George Clooney\u2019s charm as he is of Tom Hardy\u2019s brutishness, and his comedic delivery highlighting his exhaustion with life is never less than entertaining.<\/p>\n<p>Where <em>Deep Water<\/em> runs shallow, though, is in the \u201cerotic\u201d part of the erotic thriller subgenre. There\u2019s no denying the physical appeal of the players here, but the on-screen canoodling is kept mostly to a minimum as touching, heavy breathing, and suggestive antics just out of frame are often the norm. Vic and Mel share some brief interactions on that front, all aborted prematurely, and we catch glimpses of her in the tub or with her boy toys, but in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> it\u2019s his tamest film since 1980\u2019s <em>Foxes<\/em>. The exception here comes in the unlikely form of scenes showing Affleck finger his snails. Yes, you read that correctly. Lyne\u2019s camera captures Vic\u2019s affection for his gastropod buddies with lens flares and an eye for their glistening, mucus-covered flesh, and his relationship to them is made clear when he mentions that they\u2019d scale a twelve-foot wall to reach their mate.<\/p>\n<p>There are minor bumps elsewhere \u2014 some rough green-screen fx during driving scenes, a clearly visible stunt rider during a biking scene \u2014 but in general, <em>Deep Water<\/em> is an attractive film given shape by cinematographer <strong>Eigil Bryld<\/strong> and composer <strong>Marco Beltrami<\/strong>. Cigarette smoke and sweat are minor players here compared to Lyne\u2019s previous outings, but there\u2019s a greater focus on characters\u2019 faces gazing at each other with love, lust, disdain, and doubt. Vic and Mel reveal as much through their expressions as they do with the words, and both shift over the course of the film as surprising events give rise to unexpected feelings.<\/p>\n<p>Vic\u2019s jealous and seemingly lacking in passion, Mel\u2019s a button pusher who\u2019s fearful that he\u2019ll grow bored, and while they\u2019re unhappy together it\u2019s possible that no one else deserves to be stuck with either one of them. <em>Deep Water<\/em> is the story of a couple whose love appears to be fading and heading towards disaster, and the rash of disappearances only hastens that fall, but it\u2019s one told with a knowing grin. Lyne knows what he\u2019s doing here and has fun riffing on the steamy seriousness of his past films by crafting a steadily paced thriller about an atypical relationship. The humor is lowkey, but it pairs extremely well with the dark heart beating beneath this couple\u2019s troubled love story. Here\u2019s hoping the eighty-one year-old doesn\u2019t wait another two decades before his next film.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Topics: Deep Water<br \/>\n        <!-- AUTHOR BOX --><\/p>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dca6f7118e64ea9aa6ef4f60221cfe7e?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=x\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Rob Hunter has been writing for Film School Rejects since before you were born, which is weird seeing as he&#8217;s so damn young. He&#8217;s our Chief Film Critic and Associate Editor and lists &#8216;Broadcast <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>&#8217; as his favorite film of all time. 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