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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.

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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This movie is called SWIMFAN!!!

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
09/12/02
Erik Childress
Erik Childress
eFilmCritic.com

Departs from being a psychological thriller and becomes a sort of bloodless slasher film.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
09/11/02
John Anderson
John Anderson
Newsday
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Careless and exploitative as it is, Swimfan's greatest offense may be that it offers so little to its target adolescent audience.

Full Review Source: Nitrate Online | comment Comment
09/11/02
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
Nitrate Online

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.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
09/11/02
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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Connoiseurs of Bad Cinema will want to beat a path to this incredible high school knock-off of Fatal Attraction, a movie so awful that it's little short of mesmerizing.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
09/10/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Nothing plot-wise is worth e-mailing home about.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
09/10/02
Laura Sinagra
Laura Sinagra
Village Voice

Every plot twist can be seen a mile away in this soggy "Fatal Attraction" knockoff geared toward the high school set.

Full Review Source: Roanoke Times (Virginia) | comment Comment
09/10/02
Beth Jones
Beth Jones
Roanoke Times (Virginia)

Starts out mediocre, spirals downward, and thuds to the bottom of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
09/09/02
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

The first lap gets off to a good pace, but this film sinks and drowns fast.

Full Review Source: KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX) | comment Comment
09/09/02
Danny Minton
Danny Minton
KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX)

Aside from having the most abrupt and awkward ending of any movie I can think of, the basic key to Swimfan's incoherence lies in the incomprehensible actions of its two main characters.

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment Comment
09/09/02
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Looking at it solely as a teen movie, it is a cut above the rest, but there are elements here that should be appreciated on their own merits.

Full Review Source: Mark Reviews Movies | comment Comment
09/09/02
Mark Dujsik
Mark Dujsik
Mark Reviews Movies

Australian director-actor John Polson commits a belly flop in the troubled waters of creativity with his new teenybopper psychological thriller Swimfan...manufactures some otherwise pedestrian thrills and chills.

Full Review Source: TheWorldJournal.com | comment Comment
09/09/02
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
TheWorldJournal.com

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09/09/02
Kit Bowen
Kit Bowen
Hollywood.com

A chiller resolutely without chills.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
09/09/02
Scott Foundas
Scott Foundas
Variety

The movie is as big a waste of time to watch as it was to make.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
09/09/02
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

There are plot holes big enough for Shamu the killer whale to swim through.

Full Review Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram | comment Comment
09/09/02
Scott Von Doviak
Scott Von Doviak
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

No surprise ever threatens to surface in this unintentionally hilarious 'Play Misty for Me' with mononucleosis.

Full Review Source: Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) | comment Comment
09/08/02
Jonathan R. Perry
Jonathan R. Perry
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

Because of an unnecessary and clumsy last scene, 'Swimfan' left me with a very bad feeling.

Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | comment Comment
09/08/02
Betty Jo Tucker
Betty Jo Tucker
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Silly empty fun with interesting editing and delicious hunky Jesse Bradford.

Full Review Source: Cinerina | comment Comment
09/08/02
Karina Montgomery
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina

Hey, it's "Fatal Attraction Lite."

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
09/08/02
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
 
 
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