There doesn't seem to be enough material here to satisfy a full length feature, and the movie, which starts with such promise, begins to drag around its midpoint.
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01/01/00
Swimming With Sharks (1995)
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Reviews Counted:32
Fresh:24
Rotten:8
Average Rating:6.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Buddy Ackerman is a vicious, egomaniacal, tyrannical, back-stabbing movie mogul. Guy is the idealistic, easily intimidated, put-upon assistant who now works for Buddy. Their relationship could be... [More]
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Frank Whaley, Michelle Forbes, Benicio Del Toro
Director: George Huang
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Reviews for Swimming With Sharks
Top Critic[Huang's] plot may be overwritten and the ending may be less than satisfying, but his eye and ear are right.
01/01/00
Top CriticSpacey takes such palpable delight in being a suave hard-ass that it's impossible not to like him.
01/01/00
As fine a 'revenge on the boss from hell' movie as the wickedly vindictive 9 to 5 (and as outrageous a satire on Hollywood as The Player).
01/01/00
Both [Spacey's and Whaley's] renditions are alarmingly true to life in a very unsettling way.
01/01/00
This excessively talky, incoherently plotted, would-be film noir is not very good.
04/12/02
Top CriticDespite some sharp, witty dialogue, this is a nasty, derivative film, sort of a cross between Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and Altman's The Player.
03/18/08
Overrated and somewhat derivative, Swimming with Sharks is a reasonably good time but honestly doesn't have a whole lot to say.
01/01/00
...Spacey delivers one of his most memorable performances...
07/31/05
I came away from this film unsure of what it was trying to say, unsure of how to classify it, and definitely unhappy with the ending.
02/28/02
This is a really funny black comedy that satisfies anyone's needs to ever beat up their awful, power-hungry bosses.
01/01/00
To outsiders, all this rage and gnashing of teeth may seem silly and self-absorbed.
02/13/01
Top CriticThe film has no subtlety, so the one-dimensional story comes across as a sophomoric, pointless tirade.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt's darkly hilarious, smoothly entertaining, and almost sinfully cruel. And the finalé packs a real stinger.
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