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Swimming

Play trailer Poster for Swimming R,  2002,  1h 38m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 76% 37 Reviews Tomatometer 50% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
76% Tomatometer 37 Reviews 50% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Frankie (Lauren Ambrose) runs her family's hamburger restaurant with her brother Neil (Josh Pais) and hangs out with her friend Nicola (Jennifer Dundas Lowe), who owns the shop next door. Neil hires a beautiful and inept waitress named Josee (Joelle Carter) who soon expresses a sexual interest in Frankie. Nonplussed, Frankie also draws the attention of Heath (Jamie Harrold), who sells T-shirts to tourists out of his van. Frankie spends the summer juggling friendship and romance.
Swimming

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Critics Consensus

A refreshingly low-key coming-of-age story.

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John Hartl Seattle Times Sep 20, 2002
3.5/4
A gracefully acted, unsentimental, quite likable little coming-of-age movie. Go to Full Review
Andrew Sarris Observer Sep 18, 2002
The film is an earnest try at beachcombing verismo, but it would be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking, quietly vulnerable personality of Ms. Ambrose. Go to Full Review
Richard Roeper Ebert & Roeper Sep 16, 2002
The town has kind of an authentic feel, but each one of these people stand out and everybody else is in the background and it just seems manufactured to me and artificial. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 5, 2005
2/5
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Nov 2, 2003
B-
The anti-touristy mood of Siegel's film sets it apart from other less thoughtful teen beach flicks. Go to Full Review
Merle Bertrand Film Threat Dec 8, 2002
3.5/5
[Siegal] proves that you don't have to be a just out of film school Gen-X'er to make a resonant and entertaining movie about young adults. Go to Full Review
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Robert J. Siegel

Director

Lauren Ambrose

Frankie Wheeler

Joelle Carter

Josee

Jennifer Dundas

Nicola Jenrette

Jamie Harrold

Heath

Joshua Harto

Lance

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Swimming

Heath (Jamie Harrold) and Frankie (Lauren Ambrose). Frankie (Lauren Ambrose). Frankie (Lauren Ambrose). Josee (Joelle Carter), Nicola (Jennifer Dundas Lowe) and Frankie (Lauren Ambrose). View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Frankie (Lauren Ambrose) runs her family's hamburger restaurant with her brother Neil (Josh Pais) and hangs out with her friend Nicola (Jennifer Dundas Lowe), who owns the shop next door. Neil hires a beautiful and inept waitress named Josee (Joelle Carter) who soon expresses a sexual interest in Frankie. Nonplussed, Frankie also draws the attention of Heath (Jamie Harrold), who sells T-shirts to tourists out of his van. Frankie spends the summer juggling friendship and romance.
Director
Robert J. Siegel
Producer
Linda Moran, Robert J. Siegel
Screenwriter
Lisa Bazadona, Robert J. Siegel, Grace Woodard
Distributor
Sundance Channel Home Entertainment, Oceanside Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 5, 2002, Original
Box Office (Gross USA)
$85.8K
Runtime
1h 38m
Sound Mix
Surround
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