SPOILERS THROUGHOUT:
I'll give Swim Fan this, it keeps your attention. This is a movie along the lines of "Fatal Attraction, "Single White female", "Poison Ivy", and about a dozen or two other ones. The thing is, while this is clearly tailored as (not quite a replica but close) of Fatal Attraction-high school style, there are a couple of things in in's favor.
Number one is that they actually go into Madison's past a teeny tiny bit, unlike Alex in Fatal Attraction. That was my main gripe with that movie. Swim Fan at least tells you where this woman COMES from.
And another plus is the way it is filmed. There were a lot of shots of (surprise) swimming but I rather liked that and I did get involved in wanting to know the outcome of the story. And the whole internet scene where Madison pops on line was original and creepy, I liked how that was done. This movie is not awful, it sure isn't a 1 or 2 and could sort of be a guilty pleasure type movie. Unfortunately there were a few things That just, for me, brought the movie down a lot.
One was the twists and turns the movie started taking. I really thought it might stay off the melodramatic course for awhile because I think that's what dooms a lot of other similar type movies. But by the end of the movie, it was all about different scare tactics and where Madison will turn up next and it sunk a bit into cliché land. I mean we've seen this how many times? It really was interesting and fast paced at first and I wish it hadn't gone the route of predictable.
Second is the lack of explanation for many things that happen and the ending was a bit baffling. I'd have liked less of the clichés (chases, Madison is here, wait now she's here etc etc) and more dialog and emphasis on who the individuals are. That was the way it was going at first and because of that I thought this might actually be a 6 or 7 or so. But it became really to much and it wasn't helped by the fact that strangely all the main characters in Swim Fan resembled the main characters in "Fatal Attraction" to much for me to think it was a coincidence. They could almost be younger versions of them.
Again, this wasn't a terrible movie and I'm not even saying I would not watch it again sometime. It's definitely better then a lot of similar movies about this subject matter. But, as the case with many a movie it kind of lost it's way as it neared it's conclusion.Good job from the cast though. My vote's somewhere between a 4 and average(5.)
I'll give Swim Fan this, it keeps your attention. This is a movie along the lines of "Fatal Attraction, "Single White female", "Poison Ivy", and about a dozen or two other ones. The thing is, while this is clearly tailored as (not quite a replica but close) of Fatal Attraction-high school style, there are a couple of things in in's favor.
Number one is that they actually go into Madison's past a teeny tiny bit, unlike Alex in Fatal Attraction. That was my main gripe with that movie. Swim Fan at least tells you where this woman COMES from.
And another plus is the way it is filmed. There were a lot of shots of (surprise) swimming but I rather liked that and I did get involved in wanting to know the outcome of the story. And the whole internet scene where Madison pops on line was original and creepy, I liked how that was done. This movie is not awful, it sure isn't a 1 or 2 and could sort of be a guilty pleasure type movie. Unfortunately there were a few things That just, for me, brought the movie down a lot.
One was the twists and turns the movie started taking. I really thought it might stay off the melodramatic course for awhile because I think that's what dooms a lot of other similar type movies. But by the end of the movie, it was all about different scare tactics and where Madison will turn up next and it sunk a bit into cliché land. I mean we've seen this how many times? It really was interesting and fast paced at first and I wish it hadn't gone the route of predictable.
Second is the lack of explanation for many things that happen and the ending was a bit baffling. I'd have liked less of the clichés (chases, Madison is here, wait now she's here etc etc) and more dialog and emphasis on who the individuals are. That was the way it was going at first and because of that I thought this might actually be a 6 or 7 or so. But it became really to much and it wasn't helped by the fact that strangely all the main characters in Swim Fan resembled the main characters in "Fatal Attraction" to much for me to think it was a coincidence. They could almost be younger versions of them.
Again, this wasn't a terrible movie and I'm not even saying I would not watch it again sometime. It's definitely better then a lot of similar movies about this subject matter. But, as the case with many a movie it kind of lost it's way as it neared it's conclusion.Good job from the cast though. My vote's somewhere between a 4 and average(5.)