It's in the Water

1997
6.1| 1h40m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 30 January 1997 Released
Producted By: Keli Herd Film Company, Inc
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When hordes of gays and lesbians come out "of the closet" in the fictional town of Azalea Springs, Texas, intolerant residents go into a panic about the water supply.

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Comedy, Romance

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Director

Kelli Herd

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Keli Herd Film Company, Inc

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It's in the Water Audience Reviews

Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story
Dotsthavesp I wanted to but couldn't!
Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
AryeDirect Flat, inept dialog and worse direction. Stereotypes all. Every character spoke in the same, overacted voice. Each and everyone was stilted in performance, except for the singer near the end.Overall execution was poor. Camera and lighting were as flat as the dialog. Everyone represented a 'type'. There was no reality to the characters, nor was there and tone of clever.The film only came to life for about three minutes, when a gifted Gospel singer sang words not written by the writer/director.There could have been a good comedy with the premise, but it never surfaced.
gardnergillian I thought the film was mislabelled as a comedy. The title showed promise of hilarity but degenerated into a depressing scenario of lack of tolerance, bigotry, hatred of things not understood, and abuse. Quite frankly it was the most depressing movie I've seen in a long time. If you want a good movie of that subject try "Better Than Chocolate". Mind you it does represent a fairly accurate assessment of American tolerance especially down south where the radical religious groups are. My partner and I watched the movie waiting for the comedy to begin. With such a working title as it was, the screen writers, producers, directors etc could have had a field day and come up with a brilliant movie. Stereotypical homophobic characters are simply not funny in movies or really life. What I was expecting was a lovely town with gays in it, suddenly thrust into comic scenarios and panic over the state of their water supply. But no, instead we got a mish mash of male egos bruised because their wives dares to kiss another female, boorish, snobby gossipy women.........bah. American Trash is a better title for the film
mikothy69 I worked on "It's in the Water" back in '96, '97. It was one of the funnest projects I've worked on. I can tell you that Kelli Herd is a brilliant, bold story-teller with a great sense of timing. The casting was great. Regarding the actors, I was impressed at the effortless risk taking that took place not only in the auditions, but more over, on the big screen. Barbara Lassiter (mom) is too much, I remember when they were shooting the scene where she is lecturing her daughter Alex about her gay kiss,noting "Couldn't you have done something like this on the weekend?" The scene when shot, was very moving, dramatic, powerful. Once edited, I was amazed that they turned that scene into its own mini-melodrama with a comic twist. The whole cast and crew was very friendly. One of the more outstanding moments in the making of the movie was when we were filming in the hospital. In the middle of a scene, one of the 1K lights set off the building alarm and sprinkler system, made for a short delay, but all was well. Kelli provided some of the best craft service food I've ever had much! All behjind the scenes stuff aside, The plot is outrageous. Who'd think It's in the Water? Can't say I don't relate though. For whatever reason, this is truly one of my favorite movies, very smart.
nat_0410 This is a really touching film. I saw it when it was originally released and i still love it now. Although it may not be for everyone's taste I think that you just have to go see it with an open mind! For those of you who come from a small town out in the sticks where everyone knows everyone elses business this is for you! If you don't want to buy it then rent it, at the very least you'll laugh once and be entertained for 100 minutes of your life!!