Bockharn Review of The Deep End

The Deep End (2001)

Well-played but improbable suspenser

[6/10 · 24 August 2001]

This film is "The Bridges of Madison County" with a melodrama overlay. Fortunately, it moves along quickly enough so that the viewers' doubts don't intrude until the closing credits start to roll. Tilda Swinton is fine, as is the boy who plays her son, Beau, and it's beautifully photographed, but still ...