Head Above Water is a 1996 American black comedy thriller film directed by Jim Wilson and starring Harvey Keitel, Cameron Diaz, Craig Sheffer and Billy Zane.

Newlyweds Nathalie and George are spending their vacation at her family's remote island beach house in Maine.

The situation is further complicated because Kent's clothes are missing and his neck is broken by George stomping on the cellar door.

George's being a prominent judge and Nathalie's history of pill addiction make him feel that they must dispose of the body themselves.

While the two decide to dispose of Kent's body in the ocean by tying him down with an old stove, Lance arrives, and the two are forced to rethink their plans.

Coming back from her swim, Nathalie notices Kent's white linen suit drying on the porch of Lance's house.

[2] Marc Savlov of The Austin Chronicle gave a positive review, calling Diaz "a terrific comedienne, all fluttery gestures and cockeyed charm".

As George starts to drink heavily and fall apart at the seams, Keitel tosses some of his trademark nastiness into the mix and the film really takes off.

It's not a classic by any stretch of the imagination -- Head Above Water is simply too thin for that -- but it is an endearingly black comedy, with more than enough grisly chuckles to keep it afloat over its ricocheting 92-minute course.

"[3] In the Los Angeles Times, Jack Mathews said, "These kind of keep-the-audience-guessing whodunits depend on the dialogue and the actors' chemistry, and 'Head Above Water' fails both tests.

Keitel is badly miscast as the comically jealous husband; Sheffer…doesn't begin to convey the mystery implied by Lance; and Diaz, while clearly talented at light comedy, is stuck in the middle, sputtering in confusion over which is the better man.

"[4] In The New York Times, Stephen Holden wrote, "Director Jim Wilson's approach to this material is fatally indecisive.