The Swimmer
Ned Merrill is a wealthy, middle-aged man. He decides to travel from swimming pool to swimming pool so he must confront several women who have complex relationships with him.
17 October 1934, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 October 1917, New York City, New York, USA
15 October 1917, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
9 November 1933, New York City, New York, USA
9 June 1935, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
12 June 1928, Los Angeles, California, USA
25 July 1943, Los Angeles, California, USA
31 December 1930, Birmingham, England, UK
2 May 1931, Pipestone, Minnesota, USA
30 May 1899, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1 January 1940, Williston Park, New York, USA
2 September 1919, Los Angeles, California, USA
1914, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
19 August 1938, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
2 December 1947, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA
21 August 1930, New York City, New York, USA
9 September 1916, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
17 December 1902, Texas, USA
12 November 1922, Detroit, Michigan, USA
18 July 1920, New York City, New York, USA
27 May 1912, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
15 August 1931, Norwood, Ohio, USA
23 September 1921, Connecticut, USA
8 June 1933, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
26 April 1913, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2 November 1913, New York City, New York, USA
1 October 1955, Paterson, New Jersey, USA
May 24, 2003
A mannerist, moody and wonderfully strange allegory of the squandered American Dream. Like a plunge into the deep end, it stings and refreshes.
October 08, 2001
Like a series of hammer-blows to the gut.
October 11, 2005
Ned Merrill is a tragic hero for the '60s, and it's one of Lancaster's most searing performances.
October 23, 2004
Burt Lancaster is superb in his finest performance.
October 30, 2007
Frequently silly but oddly memorable and unsettling.
April 01, 2014
As effectively as almost any movie ever made about American suburbia, The Swimmer gets the contentment that comes with material success[...] And it gets how the fantasy is hard to sustain.
June 24, 2006
A largely loony but oddly compulsive allegory.
June 01, 2003
An enigmatic, poetic, disturbing, interestingly pretentious fable.
May 09, 2005
As do few movies, The Swimmer stays in the memory like an echo that never quite disappears.
March 24, 2014
Beautifully shot and executed, the effort is generous with disturbing, puzzling behavior, yet wise enough to provide clear clues to aid interpretation.
October 30, 2007
A resounding commercial flop, this has since been recognized as a signature 60s film, prescient in its view of American self-deception.
