The Pool

Name: The Pool
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: September 3, 2008
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 77

2008

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Vitagraph Films | Release Date: September 3, 2008 | Unrated

Summary: Impoverished Venkatesh dreams of swimming in the pool of a well-to-do family. When he becomes friendly with the servants of the wealthy household, frequent visits to his favorite swimming spot make him long for a better way of live.

Director: Chris Smith

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 98 min

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100

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

At the heart of this picturesque fable is a truism so shopworn it can barely stand repeating: It's better to give than to receive. Read full review

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Smith transfers an Iowa-based short story by Randy Russell to India's western Goa region -- and works in Hindi, primarily with novice actors. The result is a story both authentically specific and profoundly global. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Uplifting without a drop of sap, the tale of a boy's obsession with a glittering swimming pool and how it changes four lives offers numerous pleasures and one of the most satisfying and resonant conclusions to be seen in recent cinema. Read full review

Stan Hall

In the end it may amount to little more than an exotic fable, but it is a particularly conscious, wise fable. Read full review

Michael Phillips

It's a bit schematic and sweet-natured, perhaps to a fault, yet the faces linger. Smith and his mixture of actors and non-actors remind us that an act of generosity is all it takes to change a life. Read full review

Nick Pinkerton

This heightened consciousness of objects and obligations ballasts the drama-light, class-conscious fable with tactile life. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

Smith ("American Movie") sees the poetry in everyday people, and lets his rambling story find its own rhythm. Read full review

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55	#55 Best Movie of 2008

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