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
Swimfan (2002)
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Reviews Counted:89
Fresh:13
Rotten:76
Average Rating:3.9/10
Consensus: A Fatal Attraction rip-off, Swimfan is a predictable, mediocre thriller.
Runtime: 85 mins
Genre: Dramas
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... [More]
Starring: Jesse Bradford, Shiri Appleby, Erika Christensen, Dan Hedaya
Director: John Polson
Reviews for Swimfan
Top CriticIt's all just so trite and predictable.
09/26/02
Top CriticNo surprises.
10/06/02
A plodding teen remake that's so mechanical you can smell the grease on the plot twists.
09/03/02
Top CriticStarts well, but ends up being derivative and annoying.
10/30/02
'Even more reactionary and misogynist than Fatal Attraction.'
09/19/02
Ultimately this is a pretty lame movie, without the sardonic wit that parts of the script had seemed initially to promise -- but workmanlike enough.
10/02/02
Top CriticA tapestry of loose ends.
02/08/08
If only the filmmakers had resisted the urge to go down the well-worn Hollywood thriller path.
08/29/02
Only the very easily pleased will be able to see past its limitations.
02/09/06
Top CriticThe story may not be new, but Australian director John Polson, making his American feature debut, jazzes it up adroitly.
09/12/02
Director John Polson mutes the conservative sexual politics of the original film, focusing on the lightweight, efficient suspense story.
02/08/08
Some may call it... a guilty pleasure!!
09/06/02
Made for teens and reviewed as such, this is recommended only for those under 20 years of age...and then only as a very mild rental.
09/06/02
Silly empty fun with interesting editing and delicious hunky Jesse Bradford.
09/08/02
Swimfan will not be mistaken for War & Peace on the big screen, but it is certainly head and shoulders above everything else out there that alleges to be for teenagers.
09/06/02
Looking at it solely as a teen movie, it is a cut above the rest, but there are elements here that should be appreciated on their own merits.
09/09/02
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09/13/02
It would be so easy for an actress to overplay this role, to morph into high camp, but Christensen stays icy cool.
02/08/08
On the surface, the film is played straight, with sustained tension and effective frights. But the director has done his research, and fills every scene with a subversive humor that's 100% pure imitation Hitchcock.
09/06/02
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