- Actors: Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier
- Directors: François Ozon
- Format: NTSC
- Studio: Paradox
- Release Date: Jan 20 2004
- Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (153 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000127M1C
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #36,454 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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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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2.0 out of 5 stars
Beautifully done movie with a lousy screenplay,
By justareader (yorba linda, ca United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Swimming Pool (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.
5.0 out of 5 stars
I recommend this film,
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This review is from: Swimming Pool (DVD)
This film gets your attention from A to Z . Charlotte Rampling'splay 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.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Good,,but,,,what just happened?,
By A Customer
This review is from: Swimming Pool (DVD)
This movie was good but what just happened? Why is Julie two different people? One in braces and the one we saw all through the movie. Are they one in the same? Why is she waving at both of them ?
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