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Swimfan [2002]
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"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" meets teen movie
Review date: 2008-02-12 Rating: 8 out of 10
This film tells the story of a handsome and athletic high school swim team star, who is dating a beautiful and charming girl-next-door. His life seems perfect until a new student enrols at the school: a striking blonde named Madison. She seduces him in a one night stand, after which he tells her he wants to forget it ever happened. Despite initially agreeing, Madison is stung by this treatment, and begins to try and ruin his life. She plants drugs in his locker, torments his with phone calls and e-mails and even tries to kill his girlfriend.
The film's crowning glory is the performance of Madison (Christensen). She has a truly striking ability to look sinister whilst still smiling. She also plays this role with obvious confidence and glee, and she successfully manages to portray Madison as both delicate and feminine and yet fiendishly ambitious and fierce. The performance by her male co-lead is considerably weaker. He never seems to focus, his voice rarely moves out of monotone, and his lukewarm reaction to a false drugs charge that sees him kicked off a team and lose his financial scholarship is very tame and unconvincing. Given the extraordinary performance of Christensen, she deserved, but alas did not get a fiery male co-lead.
All in all the film is reasonably good. Films that show cheating men and women competing with one another for a man tend to be very appealing to female audiences. This is especially true as in this case, when a woman takes vengeance on a man who has scorned her. This film is ideal to watch with a wife or girlfriend, or even with a group of female friends.
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Actor(s):
Kate Burton
Erika Christensen
Shiri Appleby
Jesse Bradford
Dan Hedaya
Creators:
Jesse Bradford (Primary Contributor)
Erika Christensen (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Icon Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Icon Home Entertainment
EAN: 5051429100234
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Anamorphic, PAL,
Release date: 2007-10-01
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 81 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2002
Language: English (Original Language)