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Just Add Water

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Ray (Dylan Walsh) sheds his dead-end life, rekindles a romance, then rids his town of a drug dealer.
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John Anderson Variety 03/27/2008
Whimsy and the macabre are the operating systems in Just Add Water, and they're not always complementary. Go to Full Review
Ernest Hardy L.A. Weekly 03/27/2008
Walsh nearly redeems the whole thing: His eyes flicker with an intelligence that isn't in the script, and he graces his character with layers of inner life in a film that coasts on surfaces. Go to Full Review
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Morales S Dec 1 I enjoyed the movie . I just love Jonah and Danny I grew up watching alot of your movies my mom didn't miss not one of them. Ya are both a delight to see from where I am at , the other actors and actresses good job. See more 03/03/2021 Not as bad as most of the reviews. See more 01/29/2017 No offense... I didn't even consider this a comedy... just some food for thought. See more 02/13/2015 A steady story of a dysfunctional desert town which is well shot and has a nice simmering comedy style to it whilst retaining a larger social narrative. It's perhaps a too idyllic conclusion in the end and feels forced. See more 05/16/2014 Are you kidding?! What a great movie that has fallen by the roadside. Hugely satirical characters with deadpan narrative, it tells the story of a guy with a dystopic blur of the American dream which begins to collapse. Danny Devito plays an inspirational magnate and suddenly the wheels are in motion for a revival. Set in a surrealistic, lazy southwestern tundra-town, this film is a portrait of secluded oddities. With a staggering protagonist melancholy like that of Lost In Translation and a barrage of devolutional characters in the vein of Idiocracy, this movie has the comedic awkwardness of Me, Myself and Irene wrapped in semiotic charm. The plainness of life is contrasted by remarkably accurate exaggerations, the morose bankruptcy of our character matched with a heartwarming revival. Definitely not hard to watch for lack of intrigue, the only reason I can see that this movie didn't do well is because it is emotionally inconsistent, both the humor and the feelings are effective but feel erratic, as if each takes away from the other and refuses to mesh. Not to say it wasn't thoroughly enjoyable if you can bear the eccentricity. Jonah Hill plays the son and the McPoyle brothers from Always Sunny are in it, in case you didn't have enough reasons to watch yet. See more 10/25/2013 Should you decide to commit suicide before watching this movie you will be assured of not being further depressed by the main content. Danny and the Tortoise bring an awakening to the story with their usual whit and charm. The film has a mild upbeat ending with the Tortoise making a steal. Nibbles: Lettuce and Tomato Salad. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Ray (Dylan Walsh) sheds his dead-end life, rekindles a romance, then rids his town of a drug dealer.
Director
Hart Bochner
Producer
Robin Bissell
Screenwriter
Hart Bochner
Distributor
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co
Bleeding Hart Films, Morningstar Films
Rating
R (Some Sexual Content|Language|Drug Material)
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 18, 2008, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 25, 2011
Runtime
1h 35m
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