This is a heart-wrenching story about a happy-go-lucky 17 year-old boy with a passion for life and love. Under his free spirit are problems that he must deal with. His mother died, his alcoholic father is unapproachable, and ...the biggest problem of all... he has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. The only support he receives is from a sister who also lives a fractured life, his immature best friend, and his girlfriend. "Swimming Upstream" is a moving and honest look at life's painful realities and how this teen deals with them.
Swimming Upstream has generally received positive reviews.
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Swimming Upstream was released in 2002 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 58 reviews, giving Swimming Upstream (2002) an average rating of 69%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 78%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 61%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Swimming Upstream than critics were.
With a score of 69%, Swimming Upstream is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2002, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2002 with similar scores include films like Irreversible, Panic Room and A Walk to Remember.
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