Review of Swimming Pool (2003) by Amanda N — 24 Jul 2007

British murder mystery meets French art-house: Miss Marple Messes with Mescaline. Brilliant.

This review of Swimming Pool (2003) was written by Amanda N on 24 Jul 2007.

Swimming Pool has generally received positive reviews.

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By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 06 Nov 2013

Immersed here in both the fair, dreamy air and chilly, deeper waters, Rampling and Sagnier make Swimming Pool a fine sunlit noir, oozing sensuality…

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By Kyle G (805) on 15 Apr 2012

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 01 Sep 2017

The narrative logic of Swimming Pool slips through our hands like cool water, shimmery and light-dappled, leaving behind the pleasures of summer…

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By Larry C (399) on 12 Aug 2014

Excellent movie, excellent mystery. one aspect of the mystery I started to figure out after seeing it 8 times…

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Intriguing, but took a long time to get to the thriller part of the story and then it ended too quickly from there…

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By John B (4,244) on 25 Mar 2013

Disturbed is a good word. but beautiful and interesting and strange…

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By Augustine H (906) on 13 Apr 2014

I remember when this first came out, everyone kept calling it a great mystery, so I finally see it, and there's hardly any mystery…

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By Anna B (1,143) on 21 Apr 2013

Good film even if a bit slow in places. half in english half in french brill acting from all leads . a film if you like thrillers and a bit arty…

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By Timm S (1,294) on 18 Feb 2017

She's juicy, fun and confusing. It's a win in my book…

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By Danielb1982 (17) on 24 Feb 2015

I very rarely write a bad review, but felt I needed to for this. I actually forced myself to sit through this, I really wish I hadn't…

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