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Dark Waters

Catholic News Service

Mark Ruffalo stars in “Dark Waters.” Rated: A-III, PG-13. FOCUS FEATURES | CNS

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Fact-based drama about poisoned water, similar to 2000’s “Erin Brockovich,” has a single crusading lawyer (Mark Ruffalo) taking on a powerful company — in this case, DuPont — that’s been dumping industrial waste from the manufacture of Teflon around Parkersburg, West Virginia, the loyal company town where the coating is made. The ambitious attorney, who used to represent chemical companies, becomes involved in the situation at the urging of a stubborn local farmer (Bill Camp) who knows his grandmother (Marcia Dangerfield). Director Todd Haynes and screenwriters Mario Correa and Matthew Michael Carnahan limn a rural landscape where the sun seems never to shine and the wealthy exploit and poison the poor with seeming impunity.

Watch out for: Some rough and profane language, occasional animal gore.

Rated: A-III, adults; MPAA: PG-13

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