# Dark Waters (2019)

> A corporate defense lawyer risks his career and family to uncover a chemical company’s decades-long contamination of a rural community.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/385205

## Facts

- Runtime: 127 min
- Genres: Drama, Thriller
- Director: Todd Haynes
- Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Pullman, Bill Camp, Victor Garber, Mare Winningham, William Jackson Harper
- TMDB rating: 7.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9071322/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: none
- Mood: serious, brooding, infuriating, serious movie night, social justice film discussion

## Synopsis

A gripping tale of environmental justice unfolds as one man takes on a corporate giant.

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