Barking Water

Name: Barking Water
Genre: Drama
Released: 2009-01-13T21:39:10-08:00
Rating: 60

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Movie Info

A couple who've been apart for years are brought back together by difficult circumstances in this independent drama. Frank (Richard Ray Whitman) is a man of Native-American heritage with a checkered past who was once married to Irene (Casey Camp-Horinek). While Frank's love for Irene never died, she grew tired of his wayward ways and they broke up. After many years apart, Irene gets word that Frank is in the hospital; he's dying of cancer, and desperately wants to make his peace with his daughter and granddaughter before he goes. Since Frank isn't well enough to travel on his own, Irene agrees to help him drive across Oklahoma for the meeting, and as they make their way across the state they're reminded of why they fell for one another (and why their love didn't last). Frank and Irene also meet a variety of interesting characters along the way as they travel through Oklahoma's Native American communities. Barking Water received its world premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Drama
Directed By:

Sterlin Harjo
Written By:

Sterlin Harjo
In Theaters:

Jan 17, 2009 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Nov 16, 2010
Runtime:

85 minutes
Studio:

New Video Group

Cast

Richard Ray Whitman
as Frankie

Casey Camp-Horinek
as Irene

Jon Proudstar
as Roger

John Proudstar
as Roger

Aaron Riggs
as Elvis

Quese Imc
as Cvpon (Irene's Nephew)

Ryan Redcorn
as Mike (Irene's Nephew)

Laura C. Spencer
as Wendy

Beau Harjo
as Janitor

Bebe Harjo
as Bebe

Rockhead Lyndsey
as Rockhead

Gabriel Jerome Pelayo
as Boy

Fiawna Forté
as Waitress

Lori Lynne Cross
as Nurse

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Critic Reviews for Barking Water

All Critics (5) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (2)

The quiet humanity of the performances infuses the movie with a truthfulness that outweighs its flaws.

May 12, 2010 | Rating: 4/5

Stephen Holden
New York Times
Top Critic
An overall lack of drive drops the pacing from languorous to a slow, stalled crawl, but the journey itself isn't the point here. For once, it's the destination -- forgiveness -- that really counts.

May 12, 2010 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

David Fear
Time Out
Top Critic
Harjo is clearly giving his all in trying to convey a soulful mysticism in this existential journey. But the tone becomes a little ham-handed with all the lengthy interludes of barren fields, roadside fences and tracking shots of the ever-moving Volvo.

Apr 15, 2010 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Ted Fry
Seattle Times
Top Critic
A wonderful and liberating film about a dying Native American's final journey with a loving companion by his side.

Mar 30, 2009 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
Harjo poeticizes the open road with increasing redundancy, yet his identical scenic panoramas remain preferable to his dramaturgy, which mistakes silence for pensiveness.

Mar 27, 2009 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

Nick Schager
Slant Magazine