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In Theaters Now
- 2024
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 38 m
- 2024
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 38 m
Summary Secretly hoping, against the odds, to return to pro ball, Ray persuades Eve that the new home’s shimmering backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for him. But a dark secret in the home’s past will unleash a malevolent force that will drag the family under, into the depths of inescapable terror.
Directed By: Bryce McGuire
Written By: Rod Blackhurst, Bryce McGuire
In Theaters Now
- 2024
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 38 m
- 2024
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 38 m
Night Swim
43
3.0
Where to Watch
Summary Secretly hoping, against the odds, to return to pro ball, Ray persuades Eve that the new home’s shimmering backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for him. But a dark secret in the home’s past will unleash a malevolent force that will drag the family under, into the depths of inescapable terror.
Directed By: Bryce McGuire
Written By: Rod Blackhurst, Bryce McGuire
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
43
25% Positive
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8 Reviews
47% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
28% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
43
25% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
47% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
28% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
Last-act let-down aside, this is a confident and creepy ghoul-in-the-pool horror that makes Bryce McGuire a filmmaker to watch. Wusses, bring armbands.
Night Swim comes from a crafty 2014 short directed by Blackhurst and McGuire, not quite three minutes in length minus end credits. Apples and oranges, I suppose, but the short gets more done in terms of atmosphere and rhythmic wiles than the full-length version. Still: These filmmakers have both a past and a future in evocative horror.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 67 User Ratings
3.0
9% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
34% Mixed
23 Ratings
23 Ratings
57% Negative
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 67 User Ratings
3.0
9% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
34% Mixed
23 Ratings
23 Ratings
57% Negative
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
Best movie of 2024. Great movie with a amazing direction. Nice horror movie.
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Killer elevator, killer lamb, killer attic. Now, killer pool. I love these kinds of trashy horrors. Yet, considering the concept, it is shockingly good. The main problem is final. Could have been much better. But, it was fine.
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Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon's suburban horror feels like an adaptation of a Stephen King story that he never got round to writing.
The problem with Night Swim is that it’s trying to say a little too much, which isn’t a complete pleasure-killer, but can get distracting.
Despite the filmmaker’s best efforts to drum up suspense via the usual jump scares, Night Swim turns out to be just as silly as it sounds.
While diverting enough for its forgiving 98-minute runtime, Night Swim neither sinks nor floats. It just wades in the waters of “whatever.”
Night Swim has its characters make infuriatingly asinine decisions to serve its plot.
Logo na cena inicial, vemos a câmera estilosamente tomar um giro de 180º na piscina, um barquinho de brinquedo a navegar, como prenunciando a busca pela quebra de perspectivas que aquele microcosmos no quintal de uma casa pode tomar. E, de fato, o filme tem seus momentos encantadores, mas infelizmente a piscina é muito rasa para sustentar a trama.
A típica família de classe média norte-americana está lá, o casal principal e o casal de filhos. O prólogo com um misterioso afogamento também dá conta do recado, e consegue inserir muito bem seu espectador na atmosfera (a menina asiática que é tomada pela piscina passa muito bem a sensação de medo e inocência).
Em que pese os mistérios da piscina não serem totalmente explicados (o poder curativo da sua água, o sobrenatural que ali habita), ao menos poderia fazer criar sustos. Mas não. Tudo é filmado com grande estilo e me agrada a atmosfera criada até o clímax, mas o roteiro fica sem saber mito o que fazer.
Para piorar, o clímax é uma bagunça de edição, ficaram dois núcleos: o pai descontrolado pelos efeitos da água e a mulher sendo afogada naquelas águas, o que só faz quebrar o clima do medo para tornar-se episódico. Claro que o fato da piscina, às vezes, parecer um mar aberto é puro recurso estilístico, e funciona na maior parte das vezes. O problema todo reside na condução da trama.
E veja, nem tô cobrando maiores explicações, o sobrenatural pode sim ser algo mais em aberto. Mas poderia ser mais assustador do que realmente o fora. Ao menos o miolo é agradável de ver e vale a sessão.
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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I should’ve known this movie would be awful as soon as I realized it was about an evil swimming pool. If this was a low budget Shudder or Lionsgate flick, I would expect something as subpar as this. I’m actually surprised that Universal Pictures picked up a stinker like this one.
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Nothing happens for 90 minutes then a bunch of nonsense happens for 10. At least we’re back to normal with awful January horror films getting released…
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Production Company
Atomic Monster,
Blumhouse Productions,
Government of New South Wales, Australia,
Universal Pictures,
Witchcraft Motion Picture Company
Release Date Jan 5, 2024
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Everything you fear is under the surface.
