But that never really happens, and the actors struggle with uninspired dialogue and the production’s enormous physical requirements.Ĭostner as the Mariner - a loner with gills and webbed feet wandering the world - is the film’s one halfway original character. Frequently, the compromises and hard decisions made to get to a final print are evident onscreen, while some of the story’s more promising elements are left in the wake.įrom the outset, Waterworld struggles to achieve verisimilitude while one waits patiently for the protagonists to develop beyond the sketchy portraits with which they are initially saddled.
Not surprisingly, Waterworld is a monumental example of how script troubles, creative differences, power struggles and bad luck can swamp a potentially worthwhile project. 'Christmas in Connecticut': THR's 1945 Review
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