Though it suffered from toxic buzz at the time of its release, Waterworld is ultimately an ambitious misfire: an extravagant sci-fi flick with some decent moments and a lot of silly ones.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Kevin Reynolds -
Producer -
Charles Gordon , John Davis , Kevin Costner -
Screenwriter -
Jonathan Levine , Peter Rader , David Twohy -
Distributor -
Universal Pictures -
Production Co -
Gordon Company , Davis Entertainment , Universal Pictures -
Rating -
PG-13 -
Genre -
Sci-Fi , Action -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Jul 28, 1995, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Jan 5, 2016 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$88.2M -
Runtime -
2h 16m -
Sound Mix -
Surround , Stereo