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Deep End, The
Fox Searchlight Pictures
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for some violence and language, and for a strong sex scene
Starring
Tilda Swinton,
Goran Visnjic,
Jonathan Tucker,
Peter Donat,
Josh Lucas,
and
Raymond J. Barry
A story of a mother's relationship with her son as she struggles desperately to cope with a crisis that threatens to envelop her entire world. In the classical tradition of the American film melodrama, The Deep End explores the depths of familial love, the boundaries of communication, and the quiet lonely beauty of self-sacrifice. (i5 Films)
| GENRE(S): |
Suspense/Thriller
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Elisabeth Sanxay Holding (story The Blank Wall)
Scott McGehee
David Siegel
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Scott McGehee
David Siegel
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: April 16, 2002
Video: April 16, 2002
Theatrical: August 8, 2001
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| RUNNING TIME: |
99 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
Swinton picked up a Golden Globe for her lead performance. Also picked up a Best Cinematography Award (Drama), 2001 Sundance Film Festival.

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100
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
An extraordinarily riveting drama.

100
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Exquisitely made with a mesmerizing sense of style, it shows the wonderful things that can happen when traditional material is both handled with care and adroitly updated.

90
New Times (L.A.)
Andy Klein
An exciting, sharply realized melodramatic film noir, based on Elizabeth Sanxay Holding's novel "The Blank Wall."

90
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
A thriller with a quietly sensational performance by Tilda Swinton.
90
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
Fastidious and smart, and Ms. Swinton's fixated intensity isn't ever remote; we're always aware of how deeply she's feeling. Her work is magnificent.

90
Time
Richard Schickel
Elegantly made, romantically doomy, curiously affecting movie.

90
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
The real story lies beneath the surface of this superbly acted, strangely moving film.

88
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
It's intense and involving, and it doesn't let us go.

88
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
A perfect example of a small, well-made, and (in its central role) rivetingly acted film.
88
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Remains rooted in the real world, which makes its story all the more satisfying -- and chilling.

80
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
The Deep End doesn't have a knotty message, but it's a much more meaningful picture than "Suture."

80
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Taking film noir material and turning it inside out visually and morally, The Deep End is an absorbing, beautifully made melodrama that succeeds on formal levels more than it does with suspense or emotion.

80
LA Weekly
Ella Taylor
A fetchingly improbable match of material and directors.

80
Mr. Showbiz
Kevin Maynard
Goran Visnjic is such a sensitive, non-menacing gentleman that any woman would want him as her own personal blackmailer.
80
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Springs surprises that entertain and provoke.

78
Austin Chronicle
Kimberley Jones
Swinton is heartbreaking. She's not just craft; she's high art.

75
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
Swinton single-handedly carries The Deep End past its nagging ambiguities.

75
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
Delicious, intelligent thriller.

75
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
An intelligent, extremely well-acted thriller about a mother's endless love for her son.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Wesley Morris
The resulting film is nobly ridiculous and ridiculously noble, doing everything in its power to subvert the dross it's fooling around with.

70
Village Voice
Dennis Lim
Swinton provides her own brand of incandescence, doubling as the film's aching heart and its center of gravity.

70
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Watchable enough on its own terms.

67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
Ultimately successful at what it sets out to do, even if it's not as much fun along the way as the original.

67
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Displays a promise it doesn't, in the end, live up to. See it for Swinton's embodiment of unadulterated maternal will.

50
Slate
David Edelstein
Swinton is good enough to take your mind off the not-too-compelling ambiguities.

50
TV Guide
Ken Fox
Swinton lends Margaret an air of grace under pressure, and fleshing out feelings of domestic dissatisfaction -- a key element that otherwise remains buried in the subtext.

50
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
The same story was told vastly better in the 1949 melodrama "The Reckless Moment."


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