Erik Anderson Awards Watch Apr 7, 2020 3.5/4

One of the great things about films like this is that it understands the circumstances it puts its unlikely heroine in are outlandish and yet rooted in deep truth and realistic actions by its characters.

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Kevin Carr 7M Pictures May 20, 2014 3.5/5

The Deep End is an unconventional thriller with unconventional characters, unconventional actors and an unconventional pace. That serves the movie quite well.

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Don Groves sbs.com.au Jan 13, 2011 3/5

Woman-in-jeopardy thriller with a double twist.

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Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal Sep 25, 2010 4/4

Margaret doesn't throw punches, just rolls with them. Some of her actions can't be objectively condoned. But through a maternal prism, Tilda Swinton makes sure they're understood, with skill sly enough to register strongly in the most ordinary of roles.

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B. Ruby Rich The Nation Jul 6, 2010

The Deep End is a sun-drenched noir that lets Tilda Swinton prove herself as an action hero.

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Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Jul 30, 2007 B

Finely crafted but more than a little overrated.

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Joe Lozito Big Picture Big Sound Jul 14, 2007 2.5/4

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 18, 2006 B+

As the protective mother, the brilliant Tilda Swinton elevates this well-directed neo-noir way above its status as a loose remake of the 1949 Max Ophuls's Reckless Moment.

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Steven Snyder Zertinet Movies Oct 1, 2005 3/4

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Kimberley Jones Austin Chronicle Mar 10, 2003 3.5/5

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Tom Grealis RTÉ (Ireland) Feb 13, 2003 2/5

Its overall attempts at re-igniting the unsettling ambience of old-fashioned film noir are let down by a potholed plot and poor characterisation.

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Wesley Lovell Cinema Sight Jan 29, 2003 3/4

Having two directors at the helm doesn't help

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Ron Wells Film Threat Dec 8, 2002 3/5

A film that is diverting but not memorable.

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Ella Taylor L.A. Weekly Nov 18, 2002

Swinton ... is for once deglamorized into an ordinary woman enlarged by extraordinary circumstances, and the role animates her wonderfully.

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Rachel Deahl Baltimore City Paper Nov 18, 2002

A stunning and stylish update of The Reckless Moment (1949), the sophomore effort from Siegel and McGehee is a taut psychological drama that lingers long after its credits roll.

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Matthew Turner ViewLondon Oct 30, 2002 4/5

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Margaret A. McGurk Cincinnati Enquirer Oct 15, 2002 3.5/4

An engrossing, full-of-surprises thriller about a woman who gives new meaning to the term 'supermom.'

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Mark Halverson Sacramento News & Review Oct 10, 2002 3/5

The characters and their duplicitous relationships ... are riveting.

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Luanne Brown Chico Enterprise-Record Jun 27, 2002

Unbidden, Alek (Goran Visnjic) gives Margaret what she wants from her family: recognition. Maybe that's all that any woman wants from her family.

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Mark Caro Chicago Tribune Jun 18, 2002 3/4

For the most part ... the filmmakers and performers invest a high level of intelligence and sympathy into The Deep End.

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