The Swimmer
Directed by Frank Perry7.6100%83%7.3
Een rijke reclame-man van middelbare leeftijd begint aan een reis door een buitenwijk naar zijn eigen huis. Hij reist van huis naar huis en in het bijzonder: van zwembad naar zwembad. Overal waar hij stopt komt hij in aanraking met een incident uit zijn verleden.
Where to Watch The Swimmer
The Swimmer Ratings & Reviews
- Admin27 maart 2025I’m still thinking about this months after seeing it, so it must be a classic. Everyone who lived in the second half of the 20th century knew a Neddy. I see the character as being part of that "Mad Men" Don Draper demographic born sometime between the "Greatest Generation," and the boomers. Lancaster does a remarkable job portraying a character that is probably supposed to be 10-15 years younger. Looking back almost 60 years now, I think it would've been worthy of an Oscar nomination.
- Dudu_Steel7 juni 2025Fantastic storytelling and gripping from start to finish.
- Mister Arn22 mei 2025"The Swimmer" is a character study, and it's watchable because Lancaster makes it that way. There were a lot of scenes between pools where they tried to use music and camera movement to create interest, which didn't work. It's worth watching, but it's not Lancaster's best character study type film.
- cultfilmliker25 maart 2025Believe it or not, this guy loves swimming. And fucking. But swimming more. Dude harassed a woman and assaulted another in the first 15 minutes. Wild! I guess being born in the 1910’s was wild too. Burt could have at least learned how to dive. How many people “own” the second property? Very confused by that The belly comment made me incredibly uneasy 🙃 I didn’t know there was a White Lotus in Connecticut!
- David Daniel22 april 2025A remarkable film, Cheever's Odyssey, brilliantly brought to the screen by the intrepid Frank Perry. Unfortunately Sam Spiegel lost faith in the film, fired Perry, reshot and re-edited adding discordant scenes
The Swimmer Trivia
The Swimmer was released on 9 augustus 1968.
The Swimmer was directed by Frank Perry.
The Swimmer has a runtime of 1 u, 35 m.
The Swimmer was produced by Frank Perry, Roger Lewis.
Een rijke reclame-man van middelbare leeftijd begint aan een reis door een buitenwijk naar zijn eigen huis. Hij reist van huis naar huis en in het bijzonder: van zwembad naar zwembad. Overal waar hij stopt komt hij in aanraking met een incident uit zijn verleden.
The key characters in The Swimmer are Ned Merrill (Burt Lancaster), Julie Ann Hooper (Janet Landgard), Shirley Abbott (Janice Rule).
The Swimmer is rated Approved.
The Swimmer is a Drama film.
The Swimmer has an audience rating of 8.3 out of 10.