...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
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
...a listless tale of sex, stalkers and stupidity for the SAT set.
10/14/02
Drowning's too good for this sucker.
10/02/02
Late-summer flotsam from the shallow end of the genre movie pool.
10/02/02
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned ...
09/25/02
The stars may be college kids, but the subject matter is as adult as you can get: the temptations of the flesh are unleashed by a slightly crazed, overtly determined young woman and a one-night swim turns into an ocean of trouble.
09/24/02
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09/22/02
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09/18/02
This is a movie trying to convince you it's suspenseful when it's actually anything but.
09/18/02
Amounts to little more than a waterlogged teenage version of Fatal Attraction.
09/17/02
Shoddy.
09/16/02
Take a life jacket.
09/15/02
Like its script, which nurses plot holes gaping enough to pilot an entire Olympic swim team through, the characters in Swimfan seem motivated by nothing short of dull, brain-deadening hangover.
09/15/02
It's like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend. You don't want to call the cops. You want to call Domino's.
09/15/02
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09/14/02
Top CriticOne of these days Hollywood will come up with an original idea for a teen movie, but until then there's always these rehashes to feed to the younger generations.
09/13/02
Not really a thriller so much as a movie for teens to laugh, groan and hiss at.
09/13/02
Flat performances and a cumbersome plot keep the flame low on this crude teen potboiler.
09/13/02
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09/13/02
If you're 16 or under, you might get a real charge out of Swimfan. Anyone over that age is likely to experience a crushing case of deja vu.
09/12/02
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