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In terms of alluring female nudity, Swimming Pool shows a lot, but it's what remains concealed that gives this erotic thriller a potent, voyeuristic charge. With his Hitchcockian handling of secrets and lies, prolific French director François Ozon reunites with his Under the Sand star, Charlotte Rampling, to tell a seductive tale of murder and complicity, beginning when British mystery novelist Sarah Morton (Rampling) seeks peace and relaxation at her publisher's French villa, only to find his brash, sexually liberated daughter Julie (Ludivine Sagnier) arriving shortly thereafter to disrupt her solitary reverie. What begins as mutual annoyance turns into something more sinister and duplicitous, alternating between Julie's predatory sex with men and Sarah's observant, perhaps jealous fascination. These two women, generations apart, share in Ozon's delicate dance of trust, curiosity, and gradual understanding, until a twist ending that forces you to reevaluate everything you've seen. Only then will the mysteries of Swimming Pool be fully and tantalizingly revealed. (Note: The unrated version contains full-frontal nudity that's been edited from the rated version. In both versions, the overall plot is not affected.) --Jeff Shannon
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Beautifully done movie with a lousy screenplay
Jan 29 2004
Format:DVD
well, when you saw from the balcony that old gardener studied the suspicious newly digged ground, and in order to distract him, you showed your breasts to him and lie down naked in the 2nd floor bed, awaiting him to come up to do the consenting adult stuff? you'd be assured that he would never go back to the garden to investigate again? well, it's a plainly stupid logic by a supposed to be sophisticated MYSTERY writer. give me a break! well, if you finally decided to slap your old lover/agent/publisher, and sent the manuscript to other publisher and published it, and then walked out on him, you'd thought that you were still entitled to go back to his house in france? give me a break! at the very beginning, this is a such nicely shot movie, but then, well, i have to sigh a long long sigh, it gradually coming apart with ridiculous plot. this is typically what most of the so-called female mystery writers' poor logic that almost made 99% of their creations simple-mindedly naive and unreadable. if murders or man slaughters are so easy to write off just by showing your naked body, then most of the police detectives would not have to use labs and guns, just make sure their fly zippers won't get jammed during zip-downs. give me a break.
I recommend this film
July 20 2004
Format:DVD
This film gets your attention from A to Z . Charlotte Rampling's
play is excellent and sustains perfectly an interesting scenario.
Ludivine Sagnier is not masterful but plays well her part.
Although this film has it's nude and erotic moments
you should buy another film if this is only what you are looking for.
The film is not a 'nail biter ' but, always intelligent and
sensitive, it will not let you down. The conclusion of the
film is not perfect, but certainly interesting.
play is excellent and sustains perfectly an interesting scenario.
Ludivine Sagnier is not masterful but plays well her part.
Although this film has it's nude and erotic moments
you should buy another film if this is only what you are looking for.
The film is not a 'nail biter ' but, always intelligent and
sensitive, it will not let you down. The conclusion of the
film is not perfect, but certainly interesting.
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doesn't make sense, but doesn't have to
it's true: you can watch this film x number of times and still not know what happened. i don't think the director or writer knows, either, because there really isn't one logically... Read more
Published on July 17 2004
porno for uptight liberals
For all their posturing, liberals are often sexually crippled, unphysical, unhealthy intellectual type slobs who simply hate to call things by their right names. Read more
Published on July 15 2004 by mark twain
Tres Bien
Hmmm, I really don't think this movie qualifies so much as a thriller but rather as some type of psychological mystery piece. Read more
Published on July 12 2004 by E. Farrell
Huh, wha?
A pretentious film that's lovely to look at for the most part.
Charlotte Rampling, blocked British mystery writer, borrows the country home of her publisher in order to unblock... Read more
Published on July 10 2004 by lb136
Quiet but fascinating thriller.
It is difficult to discuss the movie without giving out spoilers. This is an interesting story that moves deftly between fact and fancy. Read more
Published on July 10 2004
Finally, a suspenseful movie for writers (or readers)
An erotic mystery featuring...a frigid, rather withdrawn writer? Yes, and what a sensual feast of a movie it is! Read more
Published on July 1 2004 by K. Corn
Disappointing
While I certainly like nudity and erotica, I found this tale to be only mildly interesting and kind of contrived and found none of the suspense or excitement discussed by... Read more
Published on Jun 30 2004 by Sean Patrick
Welcome back Charlotte Rampling!!!
Normally I am not crazy about a movie that seems too interested in keeping a young, beautiful, blonde French woman topless or completely nude (not to mention, pairing her off with... Read more
Published on Jun 30 2004 by C Ruiz-Esparza
i liked it
i really do like this movie. since this movie is way way better than watching afterdark movies.
Published on Jun 29 2004 by The Afterparty Pt 3
rocks
this movie absolutely rocks. since this movie has fantastic acting.
Published on Jun 29 2004 by The Afterparty Pt 3
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