Swimming Pool Movie Rating

The movie stops short of a complete role reversal but before swimming pool comes to a close sarah has smoked pot and casually offered her body to a handyman and julie has put on some clothes.

Swimming pool movie rating. Swimming pool is rated r. July 19 2003 rating. Great movie and yes there is a lot of skin shown so don t watch it with the kids. It was given a limited release in the united states that july and was edited in order to avoid an nc 17 rating due to its sexual content and nudity.

A british mystery author visits her publisher s home in the south of france where her interaction with his unusual daughter sets off some touchy dynamics. Swimming pool contained good symbolism acting and especially great cinematography. Directed by françois ozon. The story occasionally wanders but swimming pool is definitely worth a dip.

The movie was really too slow for me for the first 70 mintues however and i kept wondering what is the point of painting us a pictures of this dour and unhappy author s interactions with a lustful irresponsible bratty young woman. The movie is alluringly insubstantial like the light and air of the luberon. With charlotte rampling charles dance ludivine sagnier jean marie lamour. Swimming pool premiered at the cannes film festival on 18 may 2003 and was released theatrically in france three days later with a u cinema rating meaning it was deemed suitable for all ages.

The movie keeps you thinking throughout and the little questions only enhance the intrigue. Swimming pool is more of a conventional thriller than those two or if it is unconventional that is a development that doesn t affect the telling of most of the story. It also had a great metaphoric title as the movie follows the physical state of the pool. After it is over you will want to go back and think things through again and i can help you by suggesting there is one and only one interpretation that resolves all of the.