Jack Goes Confidential: ‘DARK WATERS’—Yes, it DID Happen!

From Marvel’s Hulk to meticulous practitioner, Mark Ruffalo adapts well to just about every role that comes his way…

He proves it again in “DARK WATERS” in which he plays a corporate defense attorney who usually practices on behalf of large corporations.

The film is based on the true story of how this attorney came to switch sides and single handedly–-and successfully—take on an environmental lawsuit against a mighty chemical company and expose its lengthy history of secret contamination and deadly pollution in the process. A gripping pursuit that almost costs him his family and career.

If you enjoyed the Oscar-winning investigative thriller “SPOTLIGHT,” then “DARK WATERS” is for you!

It’s been called the biggest corporate crime in American history as attorney Robert Bilott (Mark Ruffalo) through family ties, takes on the task of uncovering the dark secret that connects the growing number of unexplained animal deaths to the giant DuPont corporation—a stunning, whistleblowing  expose that speaks volumes of American greed in the worst perspective.

How did this happen?

Why did it happen?

Can it happen again?

All the elements addressed here are in evidence in today’s era of toxic enforcement and oversight.

We’ve already been alongside, “ERIN BROCKOVICH” and “SILKWOOD”.

Now we are being taken on a most powerful cinematic ride based on the New York Times Magazine’s story, ‘The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare’.

A disastrous docudrama set against the backdrop of poor Appalachian living in West Virginia where family loyalty and corporate deeds just didn’t have much in common.

“DARK WATERS” IS all that and more. And supported by an able cast of Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Mare Winningham and Bill Pullman as directed by Todd Haynes.

INJUSTICE—or better living through chemistry? You decide!

“DARK WATERS”. My grade: B