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03/10/03
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Swimming (2002)
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Reviews Counted:39
Fresh:29
Rotten:10
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: A refreshingly low-key coming-of-age story.
Theatrical Release:Apr 5, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: It's the start of another Carolina summer, and it's becoming increasingly clear to Frankie Wheeler (Lauren Ambrose), a young local, that she wants more out of life than Myrtle Beach can offer her.... [More]
Starring: Lauren Ambrose, Jennifer Dundas Lowe, Joelle Carter, Jamie Harrold
Director: Robert J. Siegel
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04/05/02
Swimming is above all about a young woman's face, and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman's doubts and yearnings, it succeeds.
09/13/02
Top CriticA well-crafted film that is all the more remarkable because it achieves its emotional power and moments of revelation with restraint and a delicate ambiguity.
09/12/02
Top CriticWorks hard to establish rounded characters, but then has nothing fresh or particularly interesting to say about them.
08/14/02
A refreshingly realistic, affectation-free coming-of-age tale.
06/13/02
Top CriticIf you can get past familiarity with the genre, you'll find a gently realized movie that makes good use of a well-selected cast.
08/09/02
Top CriticWell-meant but unoriginal.
08/22/02
Top CriticThe town has kind of an authentic feel, but each one of these people stand out and everybody else is in the background and it just seems manufactured to me and artificial.
09/16/02
Top CriticNo review available.
08/05/05
insightfully written, delicately performed
08/01/02
Unlike most teen flicks, Swimming takes its time to tell its story, casts mostly little-known performers in key roles, and introduces some intriguing ambiguity.
10/12/02
[Siegal] proves that you don't have to be a just out of film school Gen-X'er to make a resonant and entertaining movie about young adults.
12/08/02
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12/06/05
Though the material sounds complex and potentially sleep-inducing, director Robert J. Siegel paints his portrait of boredom and discontent with deft strokes.
09/25/02
The most impressive quality of this charming movie is the way the characters, who are all recognizable 'types,' refuse to behave the way we expect.
06/29/02
Top CriticMakes 98 minutes feel like three hours.
08/17/02
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09/19/02
[Siegel] and co-writers Lisa Bazadona and Grace Woodard have relied too much on convention in creating the characters who surround Frankie.
07/25/02
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