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The Deep End

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The Deep End (2001)

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Reviews Counted: 113 Fresh: 92  Rotten:21 Average Rating: 7.1/10
 
Consensus: A well-acted film noir with arresting visuals. A well-acted film noir with arresting visuals. more
 
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Theatrical Release: Aug 8, 2001 Limited
Box Office: $8,301,918
Synopsis:
Tilda Swinton is riveting as Margaret Hall, a conscientious mom raising a family in Lake Tahoe who is entangled in a web of blackmail. While she frets over transporting her kids to ballet and baseball practice, she worries that her teenage son, Beau (Jonathan Tucker), is involved in a sleazy... [More]
Tilda Swinton is riveting as Margaret Hall, a conscientious mom raising a family in Lake Tahoe who is entangled in a web of blackmail. While she frets over transporting her kids to ballet and baseball practice, she worries that her teenage son, Beau (Jonathan Tucker), is involved in a sleazy nightclub life in nearby Nevada. Margaret's husband is a Naval officer who is often away at sea, so she is alone in rearing her family. When Beau gets into a car accident with his gay lover, Darby (Joshua Lucas), after a night of partying in Reno, Margaret takes matters into her own hands and tells Darby to stay away from her son. A few days later Darby shockingly turns up dead next to her boathouse. Shortly thereafter, mysterious Alek (Goran Visnjic of the television series ER) comes to Margaret's door armed with an incriminating video of her son and Darby and threatens to go to the police if she doesn't pay him $50,000. The film's mystery and tension mount as the plot twists and turns--in one scene Tilda Swinton's captivating eyes frantically look on as the strangely tormented Goran Visnjic performs CPR in an emergency worthy of ER. Directors David Siegel and Scott McGehee, famous for their inventive first feature, SUTURE, trade idiosyncrasy for atmosphere using Giles Nuttgens's fluid cinematography--which oozes with mystery in cool blues and refracted light--to set the frightening and suspenseful mood of THE DEEP END. [Less]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Tilda Swinton, Goran Visnjic, Jonathan Tucker, Raymond J. Barry, Peter Donat

Director: Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Screenwriter: Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Producer: David Siegel, Scott McGehee
Composer: Peter Nashel

DVD Info

Release:

Jun 6, 2006

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case - Sensormatic
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
  • Single Side - Dual Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Surround 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Surround - English, French

Addtional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - David Siegel, Scott McGehee - Directors
  • Featurette - 1. ANATOMY OF A SCENE
  • 2. SUNDANCE SPECIAL
  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
  • 2. TV Spots
  • 3. Bonus Trailers

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Finely crafted but more than a little overrated.

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As the protective mother, the brilliant Tilda Swinton elevates this well-directed neo-noir way above its status as a loose remake of the 1949 Max Ophuls's Reckless Moment.

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Its overall attempts at re-igniting the unsettling ambience of old-fashioned film noir are let down by a potholed plot and poor characterisation.

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02/13/03 11:07 AM
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Having two directors at the helm doesn't help

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David Poland
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A film that is diverting but not memorable.

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12/08/02 08:53 AM
Ron Wells
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Swinton ... is for once deglamorized into an ordinary woman enlarged by extraordinary circumstances, and the role animates her wonderfully.

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Ella Taylor
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A stunning and stylish update of The Reckless Moment (1949), the sophomore effort from Siegel and McGehee is a taut psychological drama that lingers long after its credits roll.

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An engrossing, full-of-surprises thriller about a woman who gives new meaning to the term 'supermom.'

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The characters and their duplicitous relationships ... are riveting.

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