Product Details

• Actors: Jesse Bradford, Erika Christensen, Shiri Appleby, Kate Burton, Clayne Crawford
• Directors: John Polson
• Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Dubbed: French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• DVD Release Date: March 11, 2003
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (138 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000083C6I
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,029 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "Swimfan" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Best enjoyed as unintentional comedy, Swimfan is Fatal Attraction in high school, with a modest trick up its sleeve. Pay close attention to the opening minutes and you'll understand why new student Madison Bell (Erika Christensen) is so obsessed with swim-team star Ben Cronin (Jesse Bradford), but the movie's nearly over before that early clue is fully explained. By that time anyone with a pulse will be ahead of the hackneyed screenplay, so Madison's fatal attraction turns increasingly, and hilariously, predictable. Poor Ben has to suffer her suffocating manipulations, assuring his girlfriend (Shiri Appleby) that his quickie with Madison was a one-time mistake. Too late! Madison conned him into saying "I love you," and she's determined to be his girl... no matter what it takes. Credit Bradford and especially Christensen for keeping a straight face, and Aussie director John Polson for milking tension out of this trashy take on psychotic jealousy. Against all odds, it's garishly entertaining. --Jeff Shannon

Product Description

Jesse Bradford (Bring It On, Clockstoppers) and Erika Christensen (Traffic, The Banger Sisters) plunge into a world of desire and deceit in this scary, suspenseful surprise! (Access Hollywood) High School senior Ben Cronin (Bradford) has it all: good friends, a loyal sweetheart, and a great shot at a Stanford University swimming scholarship. But a chance encounter with a sexy new student (Christensen) turns Ben's dream into the ultimate nightmare as her schoolgirl crush quickly escalates to obsession and, ultimately, murder.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Spooky, holds your interest, but not for everyone November 13, 2002

By Ashley Judd

Whew! What a trip. This movie is about a stalker, reminiscent of FATAL ATTRACTION, but with some differences - this time the chilling menacing character is a teenager, she doesn't become pregnant that we know of, and she's if anything all the more chilling and menacing. Her name is Madison Bell (not a Wisconsin phone company), and she's played be Erika Christensen. It's a movie and a performance one will never forget (Caution - it could cause nightmares!). Her prey is a guy in a seemingly hunky-dory relationship with a girlfriend. Some reviewers want to make this a morality play about "don't cheat on your girlfriend" but that is really missing the point. Yes, her prey does have a "one-night-stand" with Madison. But that doesn't seem to turn her into a crazed stalker; it seems undoubtably that she was a crazed stalker already! Any attempts to blame the victim just don't wash at all in this case. It reminds me of what I've often heard recently from one news commentator, that there IS such a thing as just plain evil. Madison is evil; we needn't require that we find something that made her that way. If things that happened to her contributed to the way she is, that was all undoubtably before the movie's time frame. She clearly would have been menacing to her prey with or without his succumbing to the "one-night-stand"; that isn't a key plot turn in this case. And heaven help any unattached guy that Madison might have gone after -- this is definitely not mainly about cheating on one's girlfriend! I found this a highly watchable and captivating thriller, but not everybody would. A certain boy friend I know found it entirely "too close for comfort", and quite understandably so, as he's been the victim of a female stalker. By no means can one blame him for not warming up to this as "entertainment"!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars swimfan =not a bad breastroke September 9, 2002

By gary campany

I had huge hopes for this movie and when it was over not a bad flick.At times it was very predictable and been done before a 100 times over.But i knew that going in ,the acting was very convincing and top notch.My only cheif complaint it needed to be at least another 15 - 20 minutes longer.For me this is more like a guilty pleasure like film.Others will enjoy while some may think its a complete waste .Overall it delivers on most fronts and is very fast paced.I have always been a fan for this type of genre boarding on horror, so my opinion may be a little biased.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Nothing new April 29, 2003

By Patrick

Format:DVD

I feel like I've seen this movie a hundred times already. The story has been done to death. Swimfan offers nothing new. No surprises, no scary moments, no nothing. And these high school kids look to be about 30 years old. There's not even decent swimming footage...

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Watching This Was Like Being Naked in A Poison Ivy Patch February 12, 2004

By A Customer

Format:DVD

...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.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Predictably Entertaining March 8, 2003

By J. Martin

Format:DVD

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars My Opinion... May 24, 2004

By Holly

Format:DVD

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars It March 12, 2003

By Matt Balls

Format:DVD

I was thoroughly board with this movie. I kept waiting for some scary, intense moments, and they just never came. The movie was very predictable and was not worth mine or anyone else's time. I recommend this to noone, especially those with ADHD, because there is nothing in it to keep you there.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars A MODEREN VERSION OF THE CRUSH,BUT BETTER September 7, 2002

By GJ VINE™ VOICE

SWIM FAN GETS 3.5 OUT OF 5.
Meet Ben a high schooler with everything going for him: Looks,a good looking girl,a lot of freinds,a good job and a very good chance of winning a swimming scholar ship too a CL.unversity.But his story book life is about too change when he meets Madison:and a swimming lesson: Becomes more, then a swimmming lesson.Ben wants this too be a one time thing,too him it was a mistake,but too Madison well "I love you".Is forever:if she can't have him no one can.First comes the stalking.then his best freind is found dead in the school pool.The girl he loves ran off the road.With a shady past Ben is number one suspect & unless he can prove his innocences his life will never be the same.