The Deep End

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Lizzie H @RT79135104 09/30/2024 Lacks a believable plot. See more Arya S @AnyaS 09/28/2024 Ridiculous plot hinges on an unbelievable contrivance at the beginning of the film. This is not "super mom," as some are saying, but a "stupid mom," who could have avoided all the ensuing problems and plot with a simple phone call to the police -- the most realistic reaction to her discovery. There is more sympathy for the blackmailer than the mom or her son. You are just screaming for the two to just talk to each other, and it never happens. A very unsatisfying film. (And how convenient to have a boat house to stage all the physical fights! Silly!) See more 05/09/2022 This film got off to a good start but quickly fell off the DEEP END!! Superbly talented and underrated as I believe Tilda Swinton IS, I think this script was terribly written for her. This movie just seemed to get worse and worse as it progressed from the endless cliches to the ever predictable plot. A whole lot of talent gone to waste drowned in a deep sea of bad writing, directing and mediocre performances!! See more jordan m @RT33422384 04/29/2022 This hewed pretty close to the '49 version of the same story, but the minor changes they made were good ones. I think the story made more sense here in that they make it so if she doesn't comply with the blackmail then the kid might actually be implicated in the murder instead of it just being about their affair being discovered, the relationship being same-sex added a layer of complexity and Tilda is a more compelling actress than Joan Bennett ever was. The book this & Reckless Moment were based on is just not the most suspenseful movie material out there; I think I'd have liked it more if this same cast & crew adapted some other novel instead. See more 03/01/2021 Wonderful movie with another brilliant turn by Swinton. The only issue is the big plot hole of....(spoiler alert) with all of very very deep Lake Tahoe to dump the body....why does she choose a relatively shallow spot near shore? OH! because she is going to discover she needs his car keys later. If she dropped him in the middle of the lake where anyone would have... she’d not be able to swim down to retrieve them later. See more steve d @RT35616104 07/01/2020 It was well acted but not especially suspenseful. See more Read all reviews

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