Swimfan
Directed by John Polson
Student Ben Cronin heeft alles waar hij kan van dromen: een veelbelovende zwemcarrière, een hechte groep vrienden en de steun en liefde van zijn vriendin Amy. Hij dreigt dit echter allemaal kwijt te spelen na een onenightstand met een nieuw meisje op zijn school, Madison Bell. Madison wil echter meer dan eenmalig het bed met hem te delen. Ze wordt Bens grootste fan... en grootste nachtmerrie.
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- flavo4327 december 2025Swimfan is a thriller that never quite rises above its own clichés, delivering a story so predictable that it feels assembled from leftover plot points of better films. The comparison to Fatal Attraction isn’t just inevitable—it highlights how much this movie leans on familiar beats without adding anything fresh. The plot is riddled with holes, relying on contrivances and leaps in logic that make it hard to stay invested. It’s clear the film was positioned as a box‑office grab, showcasing a young, marketable cast rather than building a compelling narrative around them. While the actors do what they can, the script gives them little depth to work with, and the tension never reaches the intensity the genre demands. In the end, Swimfan feels like a missed opportunity: a glossy teen thriller that promises danger and obsession but delivers only a shallow, forgettable imitation.
- "THE MOVIE FANATIC"4 november 2025Swimfan is to be fair a very watchable & unboring; 80 minute turn your brain off popcorn 🍿 movie; but the clunky editing is what brings the movie down though, which is a shame because there's so much to like about Swimfan!! There's no throughline here and the editing in the last 20 mins of the film in particular was very off. I thought how it all wrapped up was odd; it was as if some footage from the film had been lost. That's how it looks and comes across it just felt like a uncompleted project. There 💯 were a couple of scenes missing in that last act, apart from that I had no other issues with Swimfan. You can see that Swimfan had a lot of potential there. And I absolutely love the tinted blue lighting cinematography, it really matches with the films overall tone & atmosphere.
Swimfan Trivia
Swimfan was released on 6 september 2002.
Swimfan was directed by John Polson.
Swimfan has a runtime of 84 m.
Swimfan was produced by Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr., Allison Lyon Segan, John Penotti.
Student Ben Cronin heeft alles waar hij kan van dromen: een veelbelovende zwemcarrière, een hechte groep vrienden en de steun en liefde van zijn vriendin Amy. Hij dreigt dit echter allemaal kwijt te spelen na een onenightstand met een nieuw meisje op zijn school, Madison Bell. Madison wil echter meer dan eenmalig het bed met hem te delen. Ze wordt Bens grootste fan... en grootste nachtmerrie.
The key characters in Swimfan are Ben Cronin (Jesse Bradford), Madison Bell (Erika Christensen), Amy Miller (Shiri Appleby).
Swimfan is rated 12.
Swimfan is a Drama, Thriller, Mysterie film.
Swimfan has an audience rating of 3.2 out of 10.
Swimfan had a budget of US$ 8,5 mln..
Swimfan has made US$ 34,4 mln. at the box office.