Swimfan

Rating:
Summary: A badly written, but well-made film
Review: This movie is basically Fatal Attraction in high school. And so far, half the reviews I've read tore it apart and the other half said it was good for what it was. I share the latter sentiment.

This film (which I believe is the first Fatal Attraction clone of the new millennium) virtually takes the script for the original, or even the true original, Clint Eastwood's Play Misty for Me, and reworks it so it's set at a New Jersey high school, and that's its' major problem. Other than that, this tale of Ben Cronin (Jesse Bradford), a happy, healthy kid on his way to a swimming scholarship with a nice girlfriend Amy Miller (Shiri Appleby) who is seduced into a one-night stand with Madison Bell (Erika Christensen, who gives the best performance in the movie), who won't go away afterwards and turns deadly later, is quite watchable.

What makes it watchable is that the director, John Polson, knows his genre and handles the action well enough to make you forget how bad the script is. The young cast, particularly Traffic's Erika Christensen, who is absolutely brilliant here, also works hard to bring life to their underwritten characters and most of them succeed.

I recommend this, although I don't know how many people I recommend it to will see it more than once. I like this movie just fine for what it is, for it is little more than a popcorn film, but I can't blame people who didn't.

Rating:
Summary: Fatal Attraction: You ain't got JACK on this movie!!
Review: Unlike some people, I never could watch a movie like Fatal Attraction and believe for one minute that Michael Douglas could cheat on Ann Archer and pick a dog like Glen Close to be the "lucky" adultress. Now Ben Cronin cheating on Shiri Appleby and picking Erika Christensen to be the adultress? I can TOTALLY believe that!! That woman is a feakin' bombshell!! She's also, in my opinion, a great actress. Seriously. Would you think that somebody who looks SO angelic could be a devious, murderous psychopath? Not me!! Erika did a fabulous job!! You never knew what to expect, and were always totally surprised with whatever she did. Ben Cronin also did a fabulous job of playing the unsuspecting jock who life crumbles around him because due to a tawdry one night stand. I just LOVED this movie!! Utterly suspensful!! This movie will have you on the edge of you seat!! 90 minutes of fabulous entertainment!!

Rating:
Summary: Watching This Was Like Being Naked in A Poison Ivy Patch
Review: ...you're probably thinking THAT BAD huh? Well think of the poison ivy scenerio times 10,000 and that is how bad this film is. It is so bad I am not going to waste my time and go into it. I just want to save unsuspecting viewers from such torture.

What do you get when you have:

A tired plot?

Terrible actors?

And a script that seemed to be written by a one-paw dog?

Swimfan...enough said.

Rating:
Summary: Predictably Entertaining
Review: Like the reviewer said Swimfan is Fatal Attraction for the teen set and it's so predictable you know exactly what the movie will entail within the first meeting of Madison Belle, played devilishy sweet by Erika Christenson. The plot goes like this. Boy meets girl,boy and girl have a one night stand, but boy has girlfriend, and girl goes psycho. Thats it in a nutshell, but the movie is a mere 85 minutes long, so things move along quickly and there are no unnescassay scenes. Jesse Bradford gives a convincing performance as Ben Cronin, the swimmer being stalked. While all the performances are good, including Shiri Appleby as Bens loving girlfriend, I would have liked to see the 2 actresses switch places. Shiri has such a sweet face and vulnerablity about her, and I think she could have potrayed the girl next door turned psycho role better. Overall, its a mindless fun. Sit back, laugh at some unintentionally funny dialogue, and enjoy.

Rating:
Summary: Sinks Deep to the Bottom So Slowly
Review: Ok, listen this. Jesse Bradford ("Bring it On") stars in this teenage thriller set in some high school in USA. He is hunky Ben, ace swimmer of the school, and has a nice brunette girl friend (Shiri Appleby, TV's "Roswell"). Here comes a new girl with southern accent and blonde hair called "Madison Bell." (Erika Christensen, "Traffic"). SO, what happens next? Not a hard one to guess.

It is already known that "Swimfan" is a teen version of "Fatal Attraction, but the fact is, this new take gives you more -- more laughs and gasps with your "You gotta be kidding!" Unfortunately, they aren't, always keeping straight-faced among the mediocre script, which exactly shows what happens in the next five minutes.

But what happens? Right, at the swimming pool (where else?), one night, Ben makes love with the girl, who turns out a little annoying existence for him, stalking and harassing him, sending 85 e-mails after he left her, including a nearly naked picture. And Ben sees it on a PC in his high school. And of course, his faithful, good-natured girl friend ALMOST sees the photo before he hides it. And so on, and on.... Someone has to be dead, as usual. The detectives are useless, as usual, his mother just does not understand, as usual, and ... well, in short, Ben lives like a Michael Douglas 20 years ago, only he is much younger and goes to school. And this fatally attractive girl Madison is played by Seattle-born Erika Christensen, who previously was Michael Douglas' drug addict daughter in "Traffic." Is this rather strange casting because she played Michael Douglas's daughter?

There is nothing I can recommend about the film. It starts mildly entertaining and ends up with a ludiculous finale, which makes the legendary "dead rabbit" and "bath tub" scenes look like "The Third Man."

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Summary: they should re-call this Swimming With Crap
Review: A Fatal Attraction for the high school generation. This was about a pyscho girl played by Erika Christensen who lives with her mom and her brother is a weird nerdy kid. She stalks Jesse Bradford's character who is on the "swim team". After a water polo fun (sex) in the swimming pool Bradford's life becomes a living eternal hell when Christensen sends him pictures, makes his life a living hell, almost kills his girlfriend. The real truth is, is she picks athletes and stalks them tell they cant be stalked no more. IF you call this movie a 5 star movie, there's something seriously wrong with you, truly. It felt like I took poison pills 20 times when watching it only once

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Summary: Sunk
Review: Holy good grief. Seeing how the movie is only about 48 minutes long, it hardly deserves a synopsis. So let me just say this about another studio repackaging of an overused cliche:
You ever find corn in your stool? Yes? Well, next time, get a videocamera and film it. Apparently there are people who will pay $10 to look at it.
I saw this on cable and still asked for my money back. If you were one of the 17 people to pay to see it in the theatre, call the ASPCA and make your neutering appointment. You can't be trusted with something as dangerous as free will.

Rating:
Summary: My Opinion...
Review: well no matter what anyone else says i have my own opinion about this movie and i think it is really good. erika christensen and jesse bradford acted really well and i love the hot sex scene with them in the pool. not only that, i think it is well written and has a good script.

Rating:
Summary: One of the greatest rotten movies ever
Review: Actually I debated giving it no stars, one star, or five, but I settled on five because this movie is so triumphantly bad it needs to be seen to be believed. Every possible cliche is employed to full effect, and this movie is crawling with every high school movie stereotype imaginable. I was waiting for James Spader to stroll by with a cigarrette in his mouth. You could teach a film class on "How to Make the Worst Movie Ever" and spend 9 weeks dissecting every scene of this beautiful train wreck. If you like crap, this is the movie for you. Unbelievable

Rating:
Summary: drowning...
Review: First off, in what world is a swimmer the target of a young girls desire? No offense guys, but come on. Ooh- you look so manly in a skin tight shower cap, bug eyed goggles, and a speedo!! Oh baby! I love it when you shave your legs! Something about a guy's entire future resting on swimming just makes me wince.

Note to men watching- never give a girl anything in a ring box thats not a ring.

Note to women- never change college plans to accomodate a boy.

So the movie is lame, the cuts are lame, its overdramatic and lame. All I could do was laugh at it.

P.S. What cop rides IN THE BACK with his gun unholstered? And isnt there like, bulletproof glass between the front and back seat? Plus, you cant get out of the back unless someone opens the door...