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(1 - 41) of 41 OFCS Rating: 84% Fresh Page   1   "Charlotte Rampling's superb performance and the film's artistic, enigmatic ending will haunt me for a long time to come."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker "[An] interesting character study of the two women [portrayed]."   european-films.net   Boyd van Hoeij A- "Swimming Pool is surprisingly deep... giving us that special fun that only the very best movies provide—the pleasure of diving in again and again."   AboutFilm.com   Carlo Cavagna 3.5/4 "...provoking and stimulating to a fault, a movie that genuinely seems to care about its messages and the people it involves."   Cinemaphile.org   David Keyes 2/4 "François Ozon's sexy but grimly pedestrian Swimming Pool is as obvious as it is uninspired."   Movie Boeuf   David N. Butterworth 2/4 "...it's really a shame that the movie becomes as silly as it does."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair B- "Ozon takes us for a dip into a swimming pool that is as tempting as it is out of reach for those who prefer diving into deeper water."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2.5/4 "However elegant and feral the film appears on the surface, it’s constantly betrayed by Ozon’s cultural reductivism."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez 3/5 "Tiene que ver con eso de la ficción y de ser espectadores, y hasta qué punto creemos lo que se ve en la pantalla como una realidad y no como el antojo de un director de cine."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio 2/4 "Unsure of the correct solution but aware of all the possibilities, the only conclusion I could come to was how I didn’t give a hot damn about any of them."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B "If the payoff doesn't live up to the set-up, Ozon's latest remains an intriguing, fascinatingly unpolished film."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 3.5/4 "Visually arousing and perceptive in its sexy cynicism, Pool allows one to dip more than just their reluctant toe in the cool and calming turquoise waters...provocative"   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng B "A moodily effective thriller that in the end also works as a clever commentary on the creative process."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek "A mesmerizing and imaginative psychological thriller about the delights that can come when we explore aspects of ourselves that we have previously ignored or covered up."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "Take a dip -- the water's fine."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3.5/4 "Ozon blends sexual tension and quirky psychology to great advantage, setting the stage for a series of incidents that speak to the incomprehensible grey between fantasy and reality."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 7/10 "Is this a mystery thriller or a very slow comedy? Whatever it is, the two lead actresses make the task of finding out delectable."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 2.5/5 "Here's the art house version of Caddyshack, also known as 'the slob versus the snob.'"   Filmcritic.com   Jeremiah Kipp 2.5/5 "Unlike Hitchcock, who was forced to curtail his fetishes behind the movie code, Ozon lets it all hang out."   ToxicUniverse.com   Jeremiah Kipp 8/10 "One of my favorite films of the summer."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo ""Swimming Pool" rushes over you like a wave of cool water, invigorating you with smartly drawn characters, strong performances, and tight direction. Take the dive."   Light Views   John Larsen 8/10 "Women will have to explain what happened to the men on the way out, as they're pushing their spring-loaded eyes back into their sockets."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 3/5 "[Ozon] treats his actresses like ruined objets d'art, fallen older goddesses (or corruptible youthful ones) who are just grist for his pop cultural mill."   ToxicUniverse.com   Keith Uhlich 3.5/4 "The combination of sunny cinematography and an ominous score creates an interestingly offbeat trouble-in-paradise vibe."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest B+ "If "Under the Sand" was Ozon's take on one of Polanski's psychological dramas and "8 Women" his ode to John Waters, with "Swimming Pool," the director enters Claude Chabrol territory"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3.5/5 "Tricky thriller."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 2.5/4 "A deft, straightforward character study with an Ozon twist"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes 4/4 "Swimming Pool is being positioned as an art-house film but there is absolutely no reason why it couldn’t play in multiplexes along with T3 or The Hulk."   Critic Doctor   Peter Sobczynski A "A dazzling film that plays tricks with your mind."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten "Like other Ozon movies, it feels lifeless and freeze-dried -- in the end, it's more about its own ideas than it is about actual characters."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 3.5/4 "Charlotte Rampling is engaging in this intriguing little whodunit that seems more intent on exposing internal paranoia than it does on real world murder."   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf 8/10 Read review   Movie Gazette   Anton Bitel 7/10 Read review   Modamag.com   Brian Orndorf 3/4 Read review   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 3/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 6/10 Read review   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 8/10 Read review   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger Read review   In the Dark   Jonathan F. Richards Read review   Nitrate Online   Nick Schager Read review   BlackFilm.com   Wilson Morales  (1 - 41) of 41 OFCS Rating: 84% Fresh Page   1