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Dark Waters, Mark Ruffalo's legal thriller on SonyLIV, correlates heroism with tenacity
FirstpostDark Waters released globally in 2019. In the hands of a crafty writer and director, it is a striking moment when the protagonist goes on to become a ‘hero.’ It could arrive in the form of Julia Roberts casually chancing upon some incriminating papers at the water board of a town in Steven Soderbergh’s 2000 biographical film Erin Brokovich, or Tom Cruise taking a dramatic pause before pleading ‘Not Guilty’ on behalf of his clients in Rob Reiner’s 1992 legal drama A Few Good Men. In Todd Haynes’ blandly titled Dark Waters, a film adapted from a The New York Times piece The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare, this moment creeps up on us. Rob Bilott, a newly-promoted partner at the firm that defends chemical companies like DuPont, investigates the matter, and is handed a report that evaluates Tennant’s farm as not meeting the required standards of sanitation. Like when Ruffalo’s Bilott antagonises the regional head of DuPont Chemicals about a ‘discovery’ reports, he is sent a literal truckload of documents.
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