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Swimfan

5 star:		(29)
4 star:		(25)
3 star:		(33)
2 star:		(27)
1 star:		(20)

 

 

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"!

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...

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.

...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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

Swimfan is actually a pretty good. Bradfrod (Bring it On) is the star of the swim team who has a one night fling with Madison Bell, who is played by Erika Christensen (Traffic).

movie starts of strong, and is pretty good at the beginning. Madison becomes obsessed Ben Cronin and does everything in her power to make sure that he remembers what happened that night in the swimming pool. she shows up at his house, and even scares him with tactics such as her leaving her underwear in his truck, which Cronin's girlfriend is about to move.

but the movie gets to corny and predictable. for about the 1st half of the movie, you are with Ben the entire way, almost like what would you do if you were in his shoes. but again, it starts to get way to corny. you know pretty much what is going to happen next, from Madison's escape from the cops to the final ending.

then, the movie ends abrubtly! just like that, it ends. kinda caught me off guard. almost like the producers said, just end the movie already.

also, the movie is only about an hour and 20 minutes. it's short.

again, good, but corny and predictable.
still, i'd watch it again.