Saturday, September 16, 2006

Amazon.com: Swimfan (Full Ws): DVD:
Best enjoyed as unintentional comedy, Swimfan is Fatal Attraction in high school, with a modest trick up its sleeve. Pay close attention to the opening minutes and you'll understand why new student Madison Bell (Erika Christensen) is so obsessed with swim-team star Ben Cronin (Jesse Bradford), but the movie's nearly over before that early clue is fully explained.cool what is it what is it
By that time anyone with a pulse will be ahead of the hackneyed screenplay, so Madison's fatal attraction turns increasingly, and hilariously, predictable. Poor Ben has to suffer her suffocating manipulations, assuring his girlfriend (Shiri Appleby) that his quickie with Madison was a one-time mistake. oh. coach just made him leave the pool area for steroids, this is horrible. (friend Josh helped Madison set Ben up - disqualifying Ben, leaving Josh to win the race, scouts were there to recruit Ben) Too late! Madison conned him into saying 'I love you,' and she's determined to be his girl... no matter what it takes. Credit Bradford and especially Christensen for keeping a straight face, and Aussie director John Polson for milking tension out of this trashy take on psychotic jealousy. Against all odds, it's garishly entertaining. --Jeff Shannon (az rvw)

arg what was the clue?! bummer, I missed it. was it sth boring? like the letter jacket that her former boyfriend Jake also had? (but aren't there plenty of other guys with letter jackets?) or sth to do with him picking the locker for her - I guess her hairclip wh he used for that was also what he used at end to undo handcuffs on Amy and get her out of the pool? so what was the modest trick up sleeve?!

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