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  • 2003
  • R
  • Focus Features
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2003
  • R
  • Focus Features
  • 1 h 42 m

Summary Europe's most daring and inventive writer/director, François Ozon, reunites with his two favorite leading ladies, Charlotte Rampling (of "Under the Sand") and Ludivine Sagnier (of "8 Women") in this deliciously sophisticated and sexy mystery. (Focus Features)

Directed By: François Ozon

Written By: Emmanuèle Bernheim, Sionann O'Neill, François Ozon

  • 2003
  • R
  • Focus Features
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2003
  • R
  • Focus Features
  • 1 h 42 m

Swimming Pool

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 37 Critic Reviews
70
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 37 User Ratings
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Summary Europe's most daring and inventive writer/director, François Ozon, reunites with his two favorite leading ladies, Charlotte Rampling (of "Under the Sand") and Ludivine Sagnier (of "8 Women") in this deliciously sophisticated and sexy mystery. (Focus Features)

Directed By: François Ozon

Written By: Emmanuèle Bernheim, Sionann O'Neill, François Ozon

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 37 Critic Reviews
70
84% Positive
31 Reviews
14% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 37 Critic Reviews
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84% Positive
31 Reviews
14% Mixed
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90
The tension is never crushing, as it would be in an American job. Instead, it grows by increments, until you realize the movie, in its quiet way, has you snared entirely.
By Stephen Hunter FULL REVIEW
80
Swimming Pool returns Ozon to the psychological complexities of "Under The Sand" and his early mini-feature "See The Sea," and he again proves himself a master of building shocking moments from a series of seemingly insignificant gestures and throwaway lines.
By Keith Phipps FULL REVIEW

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6.3
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19% Mixed
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75
In its own slightly disturbing way, this psychological thriller serves as an absorbing diversion without sapping brain cells -- almost the perfect summer movie for smart people.
By Kim Morgan FULL REVIEW
75
Clever and unhurried mystery.
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70
Unfortunately, after the well-honed psychological melodrama of its first half, this wanders off into the metaphysical territory of Ingmar Bergman's "Persona" (a much better film).
By Jonathan Rosenbaum FULL REVIEW
63
Along with co-writer Emmanuele Bernhein, Ozon...has crafted a contemplative blend of fantasy and reality that illuminates the mysteries of the creative process.
By Megan Lehmann FULL REVIEW
38
A hollow excuse for an erotic mystery.
By Michael Sragow FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Fidélité Productions, France 2 Cinéma, Gimages, FOZ, Headforce Ltd., Canal+
Release Date Jul 2, 2003
Duration 1 h 42 m
Rating R
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Tagline Dive into this summer's sexiest mystery
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Awards

European Film Awards
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
London Critics Circle Film Awards
• 2 Nominations
César Awards, France
• 2 Nominations

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