This and a few other scenes are truly suspenseful, but for the most part the film is a synthetic, forced story peopled with some interesting characters and fine performances.
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06/17/08
The Drowning Pool (1975)
62 %
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Reviews Counted: 13
Fresh: 8
Rotten:5
Average Rating: 5.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Sophisticated private eye Lew Harper returns, this time coming to the rescue of old flame Iris Devereaux (Joanne Woodward). Iris is being victimized by an anonymous blackmailer who's threatening to... [More]
Starring: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Melanie Griffith
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
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Reviews for The Drowning Pool
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Stylish, improbable, entertaining, superficial, well cast, and totally synthetic.
06/05/08
Top CriticSolid Newman-Woodward detective thriller.
02/17/08
Unfortunately, Rosenberg directs flatly, hopping from one set piece to the next, disjointedly throwing characters of varying interest across Newman's path.
01/26/06
No review available.
10/22/05
No review available.
07/19/05
As a convoluted caper it generates action rather than character and surface mystery rather than meaning.
05/09/05
Top CriticNo review available.
04/08/05
A confusing and not very exciting private eye caper.
10/23/04
Top CriticAbout a cool gumshoe with a one-track mind — solving the case he's on
01/18/04
Dullish detective yarn that promises a great deal more than it delivers in story, direction or atmosphere.
05/24/03
An interminable drag.
01/01/00
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