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The Pool

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The Pool (2002)

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Reviews Counted:9

Fresh:2

Rotten:7

Average Rating:4.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: When you mix hot teenagers, a vicious murderer, and an abandoned pool, you get movie that is nearly irresistible. THE POOL is that movie, a frightening horror story that begins when 13 hopeful... When you mix hot teenagers, a vicious murderer, and an abandoned pool, you get movie that is nearly irresistible. THE POOL is that movie, a frightening horror story that begins when 13 hopeful teenagers graduate from high school. Elated at the thought of their new lives in college and the real world, the youngsters find a way to bust into their city's abandoned public pool and throw a huge party. But one of them has an ulterior motive--a desire for revenge that turns out to be fatal. [More]

Starring: Kristen Miller, Isla Fisher, Jason Liggett

Starring: Kristen Miller, Isla Fisher, Jason Liggett

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07/21/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Reunindo um elenco internacional de atores medíocres (dirigidos por um estreante incompetente), o filme tem um roteiro tão absurdo que nem mesmo a heroína acredita quando descobre o motivo por trás dos assassinatos. Imagine, então, o espectador.

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07/09/03
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

A generic international version of a typical American horror film.

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12/31/02
Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell
Apollo Guide

The Pool drowned me in boredom.

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10/11/02
Staci Layne Wilson
Staci Layne Wilson
Fantastica Daily

Director Boris von Sychowski instead opts for a routine slasher film that was probably more fun to make than it is to sit through.

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10/04/02
Jeremiah Kipp
Jeremiah Kipp
ToxicUniverse.com

Literally nothing in The Pool is new, but if you grew up on the stalker flicks of the 1980’s this one should appease you for 90 minutes.

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09/29/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

I guess it just goes to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood, nothing good can happen.

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09/22/02
Christopher Null
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