Gwen is a teenager living in a small coastal town. Lise is her best friend, a city girl who comes every year with her family to spend the summer. This year things are different though; at first Lise might not come at all, and when she does it is obvious that Gwen grew up faster than she did.
Girls Can't Swim has generally received mixed reviews.
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By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 31 Jan 2003
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Girls Can't Swim was released in 2000 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 20 reviews, giving Girls Can't Swim (2000) an average rating of 45%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 69%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 53%. Professional critics were more impressed with Girls Can't Swim than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 45%, Girls Can't Swim is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2000, which stands at 58%.
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