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The Drowning Pool

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The Drowning Pool (1975)

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Reviews Counted:12

Fresh:7

Rotten:5

Average Rating:5.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Sophisticated private eye Lew Harper returns, this time coming to the rescue of old flame Iris Devereaux (Joanne Woodward). Iris is being victimized by an anonymous blackmailer who's threatening to... Sophisticated private eye Lew Harper returns, this time coming to the rescue of old flame Iris Devereaux (Joanne Woodward). Iris is being victimized by an anonymous blackmailer who's threatening to reveal her infidelities to her husband. Paul Newman is as game as ever in this HARPER (1966) sequel, which also serves as a reunion between the legendary star and COOL HAND LUKE director Stuart Rosenberg. [More]

Starring: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Melanie Griffith

Starring: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Melanie Griffith, Linda Haynes, Coral Browne, Murray Hamilton, Gail Strickland, Richard Jaeckel

Director: Stuart Rosenberg

Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Screenwriter: Tracy Keenan Wynn, Lorenzo Semple Jr., Walter Hill
Producer: Lawrence Turman, David Foster
Composer: Michael Small, Charles Fox

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Unfortunately, Rosenberg directs flatly, hopping from one set piece to the next, disjointedly throwing characters of varying interest across Newman's path.

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01/26/06
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Dullish detective yarn that promises a great deal more than it delivers in story, direction or atmosphere.

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05/24/03
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This and a few other scenes are truly suspenseful, but for the most part the film is a synthetic, forced story peopled with some interesting characters and fine performances.

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06/17/08
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Stylish, improbable, entertaining, superficial, well cast, and totally synthetic.

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06/05/08
Variety Staff
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Solid Newman-Woodward detective thriller.

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02/17/08
Steve Crum
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10/22/05
Cynthia Fuchs
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07/19/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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As a convoluted caper it generates action rather than character and surface mystery rather than meaning.

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05/09/05
A.H. Weiler
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New York Times
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04/08/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

A confusing and not very exciting private eye caper.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
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Chicago Sun-Times
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About a cool gumshoe with a one-track mind — solving the case he's on

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01/18/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

An interminable drag.

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01/01/00
Don Druker
Don Druker
Chicago Reader
 
 
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