Exquisitely made with a mesmerizing sense of style, it shows the wonderful things that can happen when traditional material is both handled with care and adroitly updated.
The Deep End doesn't have a knotty message, but it's a much more meaningful picture than "Suture."
80
VarietyTodd McCarthy
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Taking film noir material and turning it inside out visually and morally, The Deep End is an absorbing, beautifully made melodrama that succeeds on formal levels more than it does with suspense or emotion.
75
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Delicious, intelligent thriller.
75
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Swinton single-handedly carries The Deep End past its nagging ambiguities.
70
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Watchable enough on its own terms.
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The same story was told vastly better in the 1949 melodrama "The Reckless Moment."