Dark Waters (2019) review

Wilbur Tennant (Bill Camp), a farmer from West Virginia, travels to Cincinnati to demand corporate defense attorney Robert Bilott (Mark Ruffalo) look into the suspicious deaths of his livestock in Parkersburg since he's convinced the water supply's tainted - Bilott reluctantly agrees, and (after sifting and reorganizing hundreds of boxes of materials) discovers industrial giant DuPont de Nemours has been dumping a chemical abbreviated as PFOA (or perfluorooctanoic acid), which is used to manufacture Teflon (for non-stick frying pans and other things), but is also linked to various cancers and birth defects in human beings.  It's based on actual events (starting back in 1975) which is horrifying to learn about, but unfortunately the movie itself - which was expanded from an article by Nathaniel Rich for The New York Times - lacks any kind of nuance, from the cinematography (which has a permanent blue-gray filter that makes it seem like even the sky is contaminated) to the performances to the telling of the story itself: it's clear from the very beginning DuPont - represented by Phil Donnelly (Victor Garber) - is the embodiment of evil, which can only make Bilott the angel of the working class ... and eventually suffers from a mini-stroke because of the stress.  While we're on the subject, what's going on in Flint, Michigan nowadays, hmm?  Is it safe to go to the sink and have a hearty swig from the tap?