A 'Swimming Pool' With a Psychological Deep End.

François Ozon's 2003 erotic psychological- thriller, Swimming Pool, stars Charlotte Rampling and Ludivine Sagnier. It tells the story of a best-selling British mystery writer, Sarah Morton (Rampling) who, suffering from writer's block, decides to take a break from London by vacationing at her publisher, John Bosload's (Charles Dance), country house near Lacoste, France. Soon after her arrival, she is distracted from her rigid writing routine by a free-spirited young woman claiming to be the publisher's daughter, Julie (Sagnier). Julie's promiscuous nightlife involves noisy one-night stands with various men. This sparks a competition between the two women involving a local waiter, Franck (Jean-Marie Lamour). After Franck disappears, Julie has a breakdown, and the relationship between the two women quickly changes. When Sarah returns to England with her new novel, she is haunted by flashbacks of Julia, which leave the viewer haunted as well with questions of what was real and imaginary in the film. (The DVD relese includes several deleted scenes which only add to the ambiguity of the film.) Charlotte Rampling and Ludivine Sagnier bring outstanding performances to the compelling film. Recommended.

G. Merritt

[Tuesday, November 18, 2008]

No point in this movie at all

Ok, so I thought that I would give this a try because everyone said that it is a great movie, well, I sure didnt think so. So it took like 30 min. until the movie started to take off and actually start to seem like it could be a good movie but when it ended I was so upset that I sat through the whole thing. This movie made no sense and it ended just like that, not explaining anything. I feel as though this movie was rushed and there was really no point in making this movie at all. I am so upset about this movie and I feel stupid for watching it. All it seemed to be about was sex and a writer and that is it. Really really bad movie.

[Sunday, June 01, 2008]

Lady and the tiger

I bought this movie because all the reviews indidcated it was a suspense/thriller with a twist. It has a twist all right. Throughout the movie you see these two women interacting, often in ways that make you wonder about their motives. What happened in their past to make them this way? Why are they responding to each other the way they do? Where will this take them and what will be the outcome? All the makings of a great suspense movie. Except none of the questions are every answered. I feel like I read the Lady and the Tiger except at the end I chose the door and it said "write your own ending." Very unsatisfying. I gave it a 2 only because it did keep you engaged until the ending.

[Tuesday, March 04, 2008]

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