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Kristen Stewart’s ‘The Chronology of Water’ Stays Too Close to the Surface

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65% Informative

The Chronology of Water is Kristen Stewart's feature directorial debut.

The film is about a woman trying to out-swim a traumatic childhood and addiction.

Imogen Poots plays a version of Lidia Yuknavitch , a promising freestyle swimmer.

Some of the film's busy craft is admirable, though, as is the breakneck performance at the center.

The full effect of Stewart ’s fast-cut collage is that Lidia , and Poots, seem only to drift through the film rather than live in it.

Still, cheers to Stewart for tackling something bold and complex in her first outing.

Maybe read the book first , then watch the film as the artiest kind of supplemental material.

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English

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