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Swimfan (2002)

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Reviews Counted: 88 Fresh: 13  Rotten:75 Average Rating: 3.8/10
 
Consensus: A Fatal Attraction rip-off, Swimfan is a predictable, mediocre thriller.
 

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Runtime: 85 mins

Synopsis: This teen psychodrama directed by John Polson plays like a Generation Y version of FATAL ATTRACTION. Ben Cronin (Jesse Bradford) is a high school swimmer with an incredibly promising future. On the verge of securing a scholarship to Stanford, and in love with the too-good-to-be-true Amy... This teen psychodrama directed by John Polson plays like a Generation Y version of FATAL ATTRACTION. Ben Cronin (Jesse Bradford) is a high school swimmer with an incredibly promising future. On the verge of securing a scholarship to Stanford, and in love with the too-good-to-be-true Amy (Shiri Appleby), Ben seems to have it all. But the arrival of a new student threatens to ruin everything Ben has worked so hard to attain. Temptation arrives in the form of Madison Bell (Erika Christiansen), a beautiful, sultry cellist whose overt sexuality is too much for Ben too handle. In a fit of passion, he succumbs to her advances, but is immediately wracked with guilt. Trying to eradicate his mistake before it can escalate any further, Ben confronts Madison. To his dismay, he discovers that she has formed an abnormally strong attachment to him. Soon, Ben has been accused of taking steroids, fired from his hospital job, and targeted by the police for trying to kill Amy. With the help of friends, Ben must find a way to expose Madison and stop her reign of terror. Polson's entertaining film is fueled by an amped hard rock soundtrack and Louis Febre's moody score. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Jesse Bradford, Shiri Appleby, Erika Christensen, Dan Hedaya, Kate Burton

Director: John Polson
Screenwriter: Philip Schneider, Charles Bohl
Producer: John Penotti, Allison Lyon Segan, Joseph M. Caracciolo
Composer: Louis Febre

DVD Info

Release:

Jun 9, 2005

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Dual Side - Single Layer

Side 1:

  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. John Polson - Director
  • Deleted Scenes (10 With Audio Commentary)

Side 2:

  • Full Frame - 1.33

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. John Polson - Director
  • Featurette - 1. THE GIRLFRIEND FROM HELL

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A tapestry of loose ends.

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02/08/08
Philip French
Observer [UK]
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Only the very easily pleased will be able to see past its limitations.

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02/09/06
Trevor Johnston
Time Out
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3/5

No points for originality, but young audiences will lap up the mix of nubile teens and cheap shocks, while the solid performances provide something for less hormone-ravaged viewers.

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03/30/03
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2/5

Starts well, but ends up being derivative and annoying.

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10/30/02
Matthew Turner
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1.5/4

No surprises.

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10/06/02
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
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2/5

Ultimately this is a pretty lame movie, without the sardonic wit that parts of the script had seemed initially to promise -- but workmanlike enough.

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10/02/02
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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It's all just so trite and predictable.

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09/26/02
FilmFour.com
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'Even more reactionary and misogynist than Fatal Attraction.'

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09/19/02
Paul Arendt
Teletext
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A plodding teen remake that's so mechanical you can smell the grease on the plot twists.

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09/03/02
Jamie Russell
BBC
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2.5/5

If only the filmmakers had resisted the urge to go down the well-worn Hollywood thriller path.

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08/29/02
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
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Director John Polson mutes the conservative sexual politics of the original film, focusing on the lightweight, efficient suspense story.

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02/08/08
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
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It would be so easy for an actress to overplay this role, to morph into high camp, but Christensen stays icy cool.

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02/08/08
Sheila Norman-Culp
Associated Press
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Bradford spends the entire film with an Andrew Shue-ish sullen, slack-jawed expression, but even that's more than what the bland Appleby brings to her doormat role.

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12/06/05
Michael Dequina
Film Threat
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A mean-spirited, incompetent disaster.

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02/01/04
Brett Buckalew
FilmStew.com
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1.5/4

Was anybody clamoring for yet another teen movie? Or, even worse, a teen version of Fatal Attraction?

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01/06/04
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)
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2/5

Seguindo o tom juvenil (no sentido pejorativo da palavra) do roteiro, podemos descrever este filme com uma regra de três simples: Fixação está para Atração Fatal assim como Erika Christensen está para Glenn Close.

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07/15/03
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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...fifty minutes of tedious adolescent melodramatics followed by thirty-five minutes of inflated nonsense.

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03/11/03
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com
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Christensen is clearly the best thing about this movie; her transition from a pretty, personable high school girl to a psychotic killer is subtle and disturbing. But its charms mainly end there.

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02/08/03
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online
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0.5/4

I hate this movie

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10/18/02
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
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...it’s sometimes difficult to know whether to admire “Swimfan” for being such a tidy little mimic that admittedly has its moments or to hate it for its utter lack of ingenuity and creativity.

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10/15/02
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
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