Fresh
A gracefully acted, unsentimental, quite likable little coming-of-age movie.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Overview
Swimming is a bittersweet and intimate look at friendship, love and growing up. The easy life of summertime in Myrtle Beach is turned upside down for one local girl when two strangers come to town: a beautiful temptress and a charming drifter.
Director and cast
- Robert J. Siegel Director
- Lauren Ambrose as Frankie Wheeler
- Jennifer Dundas as Nicola Jenrette
- Joelle Carter as Josee
- James Villemaire as Brad
- Jamie Harrold as Heath
- Sharon Scruggs as Marianne Wheeler
- Anthony Ruivivar as Kalani
- Joshua Harto as Lance
- Josh Pais as Neil Wheeler
- Russ Ferrari as Nicky Wheeler
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
74%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The film is an earnest try at beachcombing verismo, but it would be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking, quietly vulnerable personality of Ms. Ambrose.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Rotten
The town has kind of an authentic feel, but each one of these people stand out and everybody else is in the background and it just seems manufactured to me and artificial.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Fresh
Swimming isn't a major film. Nor does it try to be. But what, in the end, is a major film? If it's one that accomplishes what it sets out to do, then we ought to correct ourselves.
John Anderson, Newsday
Fresh
An unusually dry-eyed, even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture.
Dave Kehr, New York Times
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