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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543069027
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 11, 2003
Running Time: 85 minutes
Sales Rank: 27874
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: September 06, 2002
Editorial Review:
Description:
Jesse Bradford (Bring It On, Clockstoppers) and Erika Christensen (Traffic, The Banger Sisters) plunge into a world of desire and deceit in this scary, suspenseful surprise! (Access Hollywood) High School senior Ben Cronin (Bradford) has it all: good friends, a loyal sweetheart, and a great shot at a Stanford University swimming scholarship. But a chance encounter with a sexy new student (Christensen) turns Ben's dream into the ultimate nightmare as her schoolgirl crush quickly escalates to obsession and, ultimately, murder.
Amazon.com:
Best enjoyed as unintentional comedy, Swimfan is Fatal Attraction in high school, with a modest trick up its sleeve. Pay close attention to the opening minutes and you'll understand why new student Madison Bell (Erika Christensen) is so obsessed with swim-team star Ben Cronin (Jesse Bradford), but the movie's nearly over before that early clue is fully explained. By that time anyone with a pulse will be ahead of the hackneyed screenplay, so Madison's fatal attraction turns increasingly, and hilariously, predictable. Poor Ben has to suffer her suffocating manipulations, assuring his girlfriend (Shiri Appleby) that his quickie with Madison was a one-time mistake. Too late! Madison conned him into saying 'I love you,' and she's determined to be his girl... no matter what it takes. Credit Bradford and especially Christensen for keeping a straight face, and Aussie director John Polson for milking tension out of this trashy take on psychotic jealousy. Against all odds, it's garishly entertaining. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Watchable but it's all been done before and to better effect
This is more than watchable but the type of story is probably the most overdone in Hollywood. Boy and girl are happy. Boy meets another girl and has a brief fling. Boy wants to be left alone. The "other" girl now scorned goes to any lengths to get him back. The performances with the exception of Erika Christensen who shows promise are medicore at best. Something that irritates me with these films is how the "good" girl who gets cheated on quickly forgives the boy for what he's done. There have been ... Read More
Rating:  - Good
This movie was okay.... The suspense is what kept me watching this movie. The movie is very good. They had picked very good actors to play the roles in these roles. You should definetly watch this movie!
Rating:  - I'm not a fan of the movie, but I am a fan of its stars...
Like `Fear' meets `Fatal Attraction', yet not nearly half as good as either; `Swimfan' winds up being stale. Sure, it has it's moments but those moments are few and far in between. The best thing to be said about `Swimfan' is that it boasts some very decent performances by some very young up-and-comers (at the time they were up-and-coming, now they are no where to be seen, which is a shame because they are both talented). Yes, I'm talking about Erika Christensen and Jesse Bradford. Both actors nail ... Read More
Rating: - Fatal Attraction with Speedos
Jesse Bradford plays the star of his school swimming team .After some troubled times ,including a period in juvenile reformatory for drug use,he has turned his life around and is set fair to enjoy a good future.He is on the verge of acquiring a college scholarship ,has a beautiful and intelligent girl friend Amy , and a responsible job at the local hospital where he is highly thought of .Then he makes a potentially fatal slip -he sleeps with a new girl at school little knowing she has a history of making ... Read More
Rating: - EDUCATIONAL MOVIE
Before anyone jumps on this review and attacks it, hear me out. I have three teenage sons who have and is dating some girls who are, putting it mildly, psycho stalkers. No matter how many talks that I give them, they just blow me off. So, last week I was thinking..hmmm, how can I reach my kids? Then I remembered Swimfan. I made them sit down and watch it. BINGO!!!! That is why I love this movie!
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