Director John Polson mutes the conservative sexual politics of the original film, focusing on the lightweight, efficient suspense story.
Swimfan (2002)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:4
Rotten:12
Average Rating:4.3/10
Consensus: A Fatal Attraction rip-off, Swimfan is a predictable, mediocre thriller.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for mature thematic elements, sexual content, disturbing images and language
Runtime: 85 mins
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Sep 6, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $28,303,771
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... 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 verge of securing a scholarship to Stanford, and in love with the too-good-to-be-true Amy (Shiri Appleby), Ben seems to have it all. But the arrival of a new student threatens to ruin everything Ben has worked so hard to attain. Temptation arrives in the form of Madison Bell (Erika Christiansen), a beautiful, sultry cellist whose overt sexuality is too much for Ben too handle. In a fit of passion, he succumbs to her advances, but is immediately wracked with guilt. Trying to eradicate his mistake before it can escalate any further, Ben confronts Madison. To his dismay, he discovers that she has formed an abnormally strong attachment to him. Soon, Ben has been accused of taking steroids, fired from his hospital job, and targeted by the police for trying to kill Amy. With the help of friends, Ben must find a way to expose Madison and stop her reign of terror. Polson's entertaining film is fueled by an amped hard rock soundtrack and Louis Febre's moody score. [More]
Starring: Jesse Bradford, Shiri Appleby, Erika Christensen, Dan Hedaya
Starring: Jesse Bradford, Shiri Appleby, Erika Christensen, Dan Hedaya, Kate Burton, Kia Joy Goodwin, Nick Sandow, Michael Higgins
Director: John Polson
Director: John Polson
Screenwriter: Philip Schneider, Charles Bohl
Producer: John Penotti, Allison Lyon Segan, Joseph M. Caracciolo
Composer: Louis Febre
Studio: 20th Century Fox
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Reviews for Swimfan
It would be so easy for an actress to overplay this role, to morph into high camp, but Christensen stays icy cool.
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.
Not really a thriller so much as a movie for teens to laugh, groan and hiss at.
Departs from being a psychological thriller and becomes a sort of bloodless slasher film.
Proof that a thriller can be sleekly shot, expertly cast, paced with crisp professionalism... and still be a letdown if its twists and turns hold no more surprise than yesterday's weather report.
It would be great to see this turd squashed under a truck, preferably a semi.
The first Fatal Attraction was vile enough. Do we really need the Tiger Beat version?
[Swimfan] falls victim to sloppy plotting, an insultingly unbelievable final act and a villainess who is too crazy to be interesting.
Swimfan, like Fatal Attraction, eventually goes overboard with a loony melodramatic denouement in which a high school swimming pool substitutes for a bathtub.
The project's filmmakers forgot to include anything even halfway scary as they poorly rejigger Fatal Attraction into a high school setting.
Ripped from the pages of the See Dick Run, See Jane Stalk Him handbook, the thrill-less thriller Swimfan is as dumb as it gets.
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