Deep Water (Adrian Lyne)

JP Liz V1 · 14-12-2021 1:49am #1

Disney announced Thursday that the erotic thriller starring former couple Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas has been pulled from the company's theatrical release schedule. Disney's 20th Century Studios label (formerly 20th Century Fox) was originally slated to launch the film Jan. 14, 2022. The studio declined to comment on the scheduling change. The first film in almost two decades by Fatal Attraction director Adrian Lyne, Deep Water is based on a novel by Patricia Highsmith, the author of Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley. Deep Water would have joined those works in being adapted to film, with a script by Zach Helm (Stranger Than Fiction) and Sam Levinson (Euphoria). Affleck and de Armas play Vic and Melinda Van Allen in Deep Water, two people in a loveless marriage staving off divorce by agreeing to let Melinda take lovers. However, things take a dark turn when her lovers' bodies start piling up and Vic is the main suspect. The cast also includes Tracy Letts, Lil Rel Howery, Rachel Blanchard, Jacob Elordi, and Finn Wittrock. Deep Water was previously adapted in 1981 by French director Michel Deville, as Eaux Profondes, with Jean-Louis Trintignant as Vic and Isabelle Huppert as Melinda. It was adapted again in 1983 as a two-part German telefilm.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ben-affleck-ana-armas-erotic-005227731

I am guessing now will end up streamed on Prime or Netflix

speedboatchase · 14-12-2021 2:05pm

Amazon bought the streaming rights for it in Europe. Let's hope it's the start of an erotic thriller revival1

Agent Coulson · 14-02-2022 8:28pm

Getting dumped on Hulu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SDoUOBCAAI&ab_channel=20thCenturyStudios

Agent Coulson · 07-03-2022 9:58pm

Getting dumped on Prime here in Ireland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWNxIZQ594s&ab_channel=AmazonPrimeVideoUK

Slydice · 07-03-2022 11:43pm

Not sure if Getting Dumped is a pun on the film content now

[Deleted User] · 18-03-2022 2:44am

Critics say not very good.

speedboatchase · 21-03-2022 11:27am

This a camp, hot mess but I loved it. The third act is nonsense but it's strangely intriguing throughout.

flasher0030 · 21-03-2022 2:53pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118813052#Comment_118813052

I was going to watch it at the weekend, but got put off by all the negative comments. I think I will give it a go tonight. I don't mind a bit of nonsense.

If it has a bit of mystery and suspense, then I'm in.

speedboatchase · 21-03-2022 4:16pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118814064#Comment_118814064

I think the critics are not realising how odd and unique it is. For me, there's a scene near the beginning between Affleck and blonde guy that hooked me because it was so intriguing. Everything falls apart in the very silly third act, but I think it's a future camp, guilty pleasure.

Shelga · 21-03-2022 4:51pm

I watched it at the weekend, I enjoyed it until the last act. It was like the director didn’t know how to end it and it just got silly. I believe there is also a fairly dramatic change to the ending from the original book.

But it’s a good role for Affleck- somehow, disaffected arsehole seems to suit him well, ha. Anna De Armas is a great actress and insanely good looking, there are beautiful interiors and clothes- sorry if that makes me shallow but it worked for me!

JP Liz V1 · 27-03-2022 11:34pm

For a couple who dated off screen, no chemistry on screen, Joey was right

Deep Water (Adrian Lyne)

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