Swimming

Name: Swimming
Genre: Drama
Released: July 26, 2002
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 71
Cast: Joelle Carter, Lauren Ambrose

2002

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Oceanside Pictures | Release Date: July 26, 2002 | R

Starring: Joelle Carter, Lauren Ambrose

Summary: An intimate look at friendship, love and breaking away, set amidst the backdrop of a bustling beach town. (Oceanside Pictures)

Director: Robert J. Siegel

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 90 min

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New Times (L.A.) Bill Gallo

The result is a lovely piece of writing brought to life by a terrific cast, a vivid sense of place and, not incidentally, some perfectly chosen pop tunes by such as Bree Sharp, Leona Naess, Smog and Tin Star. As for Lauren Ambrose, her big-screen debut is a revelation. Read full review

Reece Pendleton

It's presented in such a nicely understated manner, and Ambrose turns in such a good lead performance, that it rises several notches above most of today's teen movies. Read full review

Desson Thomson

Absolutely refuse to make predictable patterns in the sand. Instead, they set their characters loose. Read full review

Chris Kaltenbach

Swimming is perceptive and, ultimately, embraceable. Like the adolescent it so lovingly depicts, this is a movie you want only the best for. Read full review

Carla Meyer

Keenly observed and refreshingly natural. Read full review

Merle Bertrand

Yes, there is a very palpable lesbian erotic undercurrent pervading this film. However, the reason it's so palpable is because it's so subtly and deftly handled...AND it's only one thread of the film's storyline. Read full review

Kimberley Jones

Ambrose owns this crawlspace between being fierce and being fragile. But she can't escape the fact that her role is underwritten; the script suffers from an excess of subtlety. Read full review

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