Review: 'Dark Waters' goes deep in portraying a whistleblower as environmental hero
by Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Nov 22, 2019
3 minutes
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If the story of "Dark Waters" sounds familiar, to a certain extent it is. But this film is not business as usual, with the presence of director Todd Haynes and star Mark Ruffalo the key reasons why.
On the most basic level "Dark Waters" is a whistleblower story, the latest in a genre of doing-the-right-thing scenarios that includes such popular films as "Erin Brockovich," "The Insider" and even "All the President's Men."
Inspired by an article in the New York Times
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