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The Water Diviner
2014
· Movie
· 112 min
C
MEANRANK
65/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3250
- IMDb #2224
- Google retired #1253
- Rotten Tomatoes #3015
- Metacritic #3143
- Letterboxd #3437
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3161
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3387
- Metacritic Critics #3403
- Metacritic Audience #2545
- Criticker #2831
- Kinopoisk #2449
- AlloCiné #1892
- Trakt #3045
Every rating
37–90
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 37, highest is Google on 90.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →An Australian farmer travels to Turkey in 1919, years after the devastating Battle of Gallipoli where his three sons fought and were reported missing. Driven by a promise to his wife, he journeys to the former battlefield to find their bodies and bring them home. His mission leads him to Istanbul and the heart of the conflict, where he forms an unexpected connection.
Details
- Director
- Russell Crowe
- Writers
- Andrew Anastasios, Andrew Knight
- Studio
- Fear of God Films, Hopscotch Features
- Released
- 25 December 2014
- Country
- Australia, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $22.5M
- Box office
- $15.5M
- Awards
- 11 wins, 18 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 29 →11 wins from 29 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| AACTA Awards ( 4th ) 2014 | Best Film | Andrew Mason | Winner |
| AACTA Awards ( 4th ) 2014 | Best Film | Troy Lum | Winner |
| AACTA Awards ( 4th ) 2014 | Best Film | Keith Rodger | Winner |
| AACTA Awards ( 4th ) 2014 | Best Original Screenplay | Andrew Anastasios | Nominee |
| AACTA Awards ( 4th ) 2014 | Best Original Screenplay | Andrew Knight | Nominee |
| AACTA Awards ( 4th ) 2014 | Best Actor | Russell Crowe | Nominee |
| AACTA Awards ( 4th ) 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | Yılmaz Erdoğan | Winner |
| AACTA Awards ( 4th ) 2014 | Best Supporting Actress | Jacqueline McKenzie | Nominee |
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AACTA Awards ( 4th )
15 nominations, 5 won
| Best Costume Design | Tess Schofield | Winner |
| Best Film | Andrew Mason | Winner |
| Best Film | Troy Lum | Winner |
| Best Film | Keith Rodger | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Yılmaz Erdoğan | Winner |
| Best Actor | Russell Crowe | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Matt Villa | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Andrew Anastasios | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Andrew Knight | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Christopher Kennedy | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jacqueline McKenzie | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | David Booth | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Prue Fletcher | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Marc Varisco | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Adam Paschke | Nominee |
FCCA Awards
11 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actor | Russell Crowe | Winner |
| Best Music Score | David Hirschfelder | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Yilmaz Erdogan | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jacqueline McKenzie | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Andrew Lesnie | Nominee |
| Best Director | Russell Crowe | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Matt Villa | Nominee |
| Best Film | Andrew Mason | Nominee |
| Best Film | Troy Lum | Nominee |
| Best Film | Keith Rodger | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Christopher Kennedy | Nominee |
AWGIE Award
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Writing in a Feature Film - Original | Andrew Anastasios | Winner |
| Best Writing in a Feature Film - Original | Andrew Knight | Winner |
ARIA Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album | soundtrack | Nominee |