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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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It is no worse than the average of the genre, but it is one of the most unremarkable, garden-variety installments I've seen.

Full Review Source: Film Blather | comment Comment
09/07/02
Eugene Novikov
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather

A technically well-made suspenser...but its abrupt drop in IQ points as it races to the finish line proves simply too discouraging to let slide.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
09/07/02
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

Dialogue so deadening and repetitive that it takes on the cadence of MAD Magazine set to a Gregorian chant.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
09/06/02
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

SWIMFAN could have been a good movie if the screenwriters had put some psychological weight into it.

Full Review Source: FilmsInReview.com | comment Comment
09/06/02
Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander
FilmsInReview.com

It would be great to see this turd squashed under a truck, preferably a semi.

Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment Comment
09/06/02
Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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Nothing comes as a surprise, and viewers will be pondering how certain things managed to occur -- especially involving the villain's apparent super-human strength.

Full Review Source: Screen It! | comment Comment
09/06/02
Jim Judy
Jim Judy
Screen It!

The first Fatal Attraction was vile enough. Do we really need the Tiger Beat version?

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
09/06/02
Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor
Salon.com

Swimfan will not be mistaken for War & Peace on the big screen, but it is certainly head and shoulders above everything else out there that alleges to be for teenagers.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
09/06/02
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

If swimfan does catch on, it may be because teens are looking for something to make them laugh.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
09/06/02
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

It's a cheap thriller without the cheap thrills.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
09/06/02
Gary Dowell
Gary Dowell
Dallas Morning News
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Without delivering chills or suspense, it reiterates the old message that cheating is fine, unless you happen to choose a psycho.

Full Review Source: Citysearch | comment Comment
09/06/02
Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips
Citysearch

Some may call it... a guilty pleasure!!

Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
09/06/02
JoBlo
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

The only excitement comes when the credits finally roll and you get to leave the theater.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
09/06/02
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

Made for teens and reviewed as such, this is recommended only for those under 20 years of age...and then only as a very mild rental.

Full Review Source: Supercala.com | comment Comment
09/06/02
John Venable
John Venable
Supercala.com

There's nothing redeeming about this movie - it should be called Drowning in the Cinematic Cesspool.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
09/06/02
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

Christensen...is such a fun, wicked, spiteful villainess that she keeps the flick afloat all by herself.

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
09/06/02
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

essentially "Fatal Attraction" remade for viewers who were in diapers when the original was released in 1987. ...this story gets sillier, not scarier, as it goes along...

Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | comment Comment
09/06/02
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

On the surface, the film is played straight, with sustained tension and effective frights. But the director has done his research, and fills every scene with a subversive humor that's 100% pure imitation Hitchcock.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
09/06/02
Tor Thorsen
Tor Thorsen
Reel.com

[Swimfan] falls victim to sloppy plotting, an insultingly unbelievable final act and a villainess who is too crazy to be interesting.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
09/06/02
Jonathan Foreman
Jonathan Foreman
New York Post
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This could have been a fun, teen Fatal Attraction, but the scorned character's violent rampage is so far-fetched and ugly that it sinks the film and any shot at being a crowd-pleasing popcorn movie.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
09/06/02
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