The Water Man (2020)
Directed by David Oyelowo
Hoping to save his sick mother, a boy named Gunner and his friend Jo venture into the remote Wild Horse forest to search for a mythical figure who possesses the secret to immortality. When they go missing, Gunner's father Amos must immerse himself in his son's world to find them.
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What critics compared The Water Man to
Spielberg is a clear influence, as is Stand By Me , but there’s also a thematic parallel with the more recent A Monster Calls.
And it follows in the footsteps of recent dark fantasies like A Monster Calls and I Kill Giants to remind us that our kids are stronger than we think.
A story in the slightly formulaic mold of A Monster Calls , The Water Man follows a child who retreats desperately into a world of imagination when his mother falls ill.
The Water Man, while destroying far fewer warehouses of Kleenex to reach its pinnacle, joins A Monster Calls and I Kill Giants as a trilogy of valuable discourses for bridging teens and adults together to engage with current and impending despair they may feel in their lives.
In his directorial debut, David Oyelowo reclaims the form in a story that is closer to the edge-of-adulthood folklore of Bridge to Terebithia and the grief-wracked A Monster Calls.
The past decade has introduced a lot of films showing urban legends with similar names such as Slender Man and The Bye Bye Man .
From The Bye Bye Man to Come Play, mysterious urban legends have become a mainstay of modern horror films.