Swimming Pool Reviews
Looking Closer
Rampling and Ozon clearly enjoy working together. Rampling relishes psychologically complex roles. Ozon respects his leading ladies enough to give them challenges.
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| Original Score: B
Cinema Sight
Charlotte Rampling is engaging in this intriguing little whodunit that seems more intent on exposing internal paranoia than it does on real world murder.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
... sensual and enigmatic
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| Original Score: A
Uruguay Total
Tiene que ver con eso de la ficción y de ser espectadores, y hasta qué punto creemos lo que se ve en la pantalla como una realidad y no como el antojo de un director de cine.
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| Original Score: 3/5
european-films.net
[An] interesting character study of the two women [portrayed].
F5 (Wichita, KS)
As in Chabrol, the plot's not the thing: what drives Swimming Pool is the transformations that take place within its characters. Rampling is a pleasure.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
The movie shimmers with sexual energy.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Las Vegas CityLife
Ozon's first English-language film is a blend of fantasy and reality that is cleverly constructed and nearly seemless.
Boulder Weekly
Stick around for the surprise finish; it's a good one, even if the rest of Swimming Pool stays close to the shallow end.
Cinemaphile.org
...provoking and stimulating to a fault, a movie that genuinely seems to care about its messages and the people it involves.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Window to the Movies
Is this a mystery thriller or a very slow comedy? Whatever it is, the two lead actresses make the task of finding out delectable.
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| Original Score: 7/10
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Charlotte Rampling's superb performance and the film's artistic, enigmatic ending will haunt me for a long time to come.
