Waterworld (1995)

Waterworld rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.3/10· 223K votes

Rotten Tomatoes61%

Metacritic56%

TMDb6.2/10· 4K votes

With 61% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.3/10 on IMDb and 56/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Waterworld

In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland'—which is tattooed on Enola's back.

Cast of Waterworld

• 

  Kevin Costner

  as Mariner

• 

  Dennis Hopper

  as Deacon

• 

  Jeanne Tripplehorn

  as Helen

• 

  Tina Majorino

  as Enola

• 

  R. D. Call

  as Enforcer

• 

  Gerard Murphy

  as Nord

• 

  Michael Jeter

  as Old Gregor

• 

  Rick Aviles

  as Gatesman

• 

  Kim Coates

  as Drifter

• 

  Chaim Jeraffi

  as Drifter

• 

  Sab Shimono

  as Elder

• Z

  Zitto Kazann

  as Elder / Survivor

Waterworld facts

Budget

$175M

Box office

$264.2M

Our take on Waterworld

Kevin Reynolds's 1995 sci-fi adventure imagines a future where the polar ice caps have melted and turned Earth into an endless ocean. A drifting mutant seafarer is rescued by a barmaid from a floating prison island, and the two flee alongside a young girl named Enola, whose back carries a tattooed map to the fabled 'Dryland.' A menacing pirate covets that secret, and the chase carries them across a waterlogged world of makeshift vessels and scavenger politics. It's big, imaginative world-building in an aquatic register, action-forward and adventurous. Best for viewers who enjoy grand post-apocalyptic spectacle, seafaring escapades and a reluctant loner hero pulled into someone else's cause.