Deep End

Pros: Tilda Swinton's performance. Cinematography and lighting.
Cons: Not everyone who watches this film will be happy about the sexual undertones.

In this tightly wound thriller, the question of what a person would do protect their child is explored. A family in Lake Tahoe goes down into the depths when the eldest son gets mixed up with a nightclub owner, who has a taste for young boys. Margaret ...

Pros: everything visual; the auburn-haired suburbanite spider
Cons: some labors of suspending disbelief

Like "The Talented Mr. Ripley," "The Deep End" is beautifully photographed pulp fiction with some intriguing characters. More specifically, it is like the aquatic parts of "Ripley," though being out on Lake Tahoe brings flashbacks to me from "Godfather...

Pros: Tilda Swinton is the strength of this movie
Cons: Story has loopholes aplenty

"The Deep End" is a thriller that takes a look at what one mother would do to protect her family. Tilda Swinton ("Orlando") satrs as Margaret Hall, a parent who has discovered her oldest son, 17-year-old Beau (Jonathan Tucker, "The Virgin Suicides"),...

Pros: Swinton's performance, the direction, and suspense.
Cons: Almost a thriller, but not quite. Almost a romance, but not quite.

When I originally wrote a review of this film back in August of last year, I started off by saying:
"The Deep End" may be a low-budget independent film with little chance of box office success, but there is one thing that I'm willing to bet on....

Pros: Tilda Swinton and Goran Visnjic, the cinematography
Cons: the story

I watched this movie again, prompted by a review from a trusted epinionater (grimjack2) and I have to say, I don’t like it any better this time than I did the first time, although I can recognize the seeds of greatness in it., with a closer...

Pros: Effectively suspenseful thriller and Tilda Swinton's Oscar-caliber performance
Cons: Too many "logic" loopholes in the pulpy, melodramatic script

An undercurrent of suspense flows through this sophisticated, neo-noir thriller, set in a contemporary house on a remote street at Lake Tahoe, where Margaret Hall (Tilda Swinton) dutifully cares for her three children and ailing father-in-law Jack...

Pros: Tilda Swinton.
Cons: Heavily contrived plot, homophobic.

A “smart murder mystery with a gay subplot,” is how one local critic described The Deep End.

What more could I ask for? Prepared to be thrilled and chilled, I shelled out my five dollars at the local fine arts theater. And was roundly...

Pros: Acting was okay.
Cons: Slow, emotions don’t flow together.

Advertised to be a taunt thriller – The Deep End builds slowly…ever so slowly only to keep itself under water by drowning itself in melodramatic emotions that feel not only fake but forced. The acting looked top notch but the material was in dire need of ...

Pros: Layered screenplay, taught direction, and compelling central performance by Tilda Swinton. Goran Visnjic, too.
Cons: Suspenseful, but not fully engrossing.

From a dramedic fable like Life Is Beautiful to something more wrenching ala Dancer In The Dark, stories of paternal/maternal sacrificial love is inherently engrained with a profound emotional potency, and putting that thematic premise...

Pros: Wonderful scenery, interesting premise, sympathetic main character
Cons: Too many unresolved points

In the opening sequence, Margaret Hall is pressing a buzzer repeatedly outside a nondescript building. The camera does not show her face until she is inside. She asks for Darby Rees, but does not state her business--not that there is much need to. She...

Pros: A mother will do any thing to protect her children.
Cons: Very slow moving

The main reason that I went to see this movie was because of GORAN VISNJIC. The movie was billed as a thriller and since I don't like psychological, scary movies I checked first. I was told that the movie was not scary indeed. There were one or two...

Pros: Goran Visnic is cute
Cons: Just about everything else

I did it again -- got fooled by blurbs on the video box promising a "thriller." And by many glowing reviews. I just don't get it. I thought maybe it's me -- but I watched this movie with two other people, and we were all taken aback by how bad this...

Pros: The Deep End took my breath away
Cons: None

Let's face it: There are about ten possible movies, of which five are based on Cinderella and directed by Garry Marshall.

I went to see The Deep End with some trepidation, because I don't particularly like "thrillers." I think of myself as a...

Pros: unintentional humor (this "drama" is so bad that it's very funny at times)
Cons: nonsensical plot, no suspense, idiotic dialogue, emotionless acting

I work with elementary school children, and even the poorest writers in my classes could come up with a more realistic, entertaining and logical story than this one. To give you an idea of the most pervasive problem with this film, let me tell you how...

Pros: emotionally telling shots and scenes, great performances by mother, sons, and daughter.
Cons: the script and banal villains

The Deep End begins with the impaling death of a predatory homosexual lowlife. To cover up her son's involvement, Margaret (Tilda Swinton) removes the anchor and dumps the body into the deeper regions of the sea. Shortly thereafter, Margaret is visited...