Jesse Bradford (Bring It On, Clockstoppers) and Erika Christensen (Traffic, The Banger Sisters) plunge into a world of desire and deceit in this scary, suspenseful surprise! (Access Hollywood) High School senior Ben Cronin... more » (Bradford) has it all: good friends, a loyal sweetheart, and a great shot at a Stanford University swimming scholarship. But a chance encounter with a sexy new student (Christensen) turns Ben's dream into the ultimate nightmare as her schoolgirl crush quickly escalates to obsession and, ultimately, murder.« less
Jennifer D. (jennicat) from ST AUGUSTINE, FL Reviewed on 4/2/2014...
I liked this movie very much. It was twisty.
Suzanne B. Reviewed on 8/29/2009...
"Fatal Attraction" for the high schoolers. Pretty absurd. Only mildly interesting. Lacks an "edge." And what is with the beeper? Didn't high schoolers carry cell phones in 2002?
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John C. (bookwheelboy) Reviewed on 12/11/2007...
Creepy, no?
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Movie Reviews
Spooky, holds your interest, but not for everyone
Ashley Judd | California | 11/13/2002
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Whew! What a trip. This movie is about a stalker, reminiscent of FATAL ATTRACTION, but with some differences - this time the chilling menacing character is a teenager, she doesn't become pregnant that we know of, and she's if anything all the more chilling and menacing. Her name is Madison Bell (not a Wisconsin phone company), and she's played be Erika Christensen. It's a movie and a performance one will never forget (Caution - it could cause nightmares!). Her prey is a guy in a seemingly hunky-dory relationship with a girlfriend. Some reviewers want to make this a morality play about "don't cheat on your girlfriend" but that is really missing the point. Yes, her prey does have a "one-night-stand" with Madison. But that doesn't seem to turn her into a crazed stalker; it seems undoubtably that she was a crazed stalker already! Any attempts to blame the victim just don't wash at all in this case. It reminds me of what I've often heard recently from one news commentator, that there IS such a thing as just plain evil. Madison is evil; we needn't require that we find something that made her that way. If things that happened to her contributed to the way she is, that was all undoubtably before the movie's time frame. She clearly would have been menacing to her prey with or without his succumbing to the "one-night-stand"; that isn't a key plot turn in this case. And heaven help any unattached guy that Madison might have gone after -- this is definitely not mainly about cheating on one's girlfriend! I found this a highly watchable and captivating thriller, but not everybody would. A certain boy friend I know found it entirely "too close for comfort", and quite understandably so, as he's been the victim of a female stalker. By no means can one blame him for not warming up to this as "entertainment"!"
Nothing new
Patrick | Wisconsin, USA | 04/29/2003
(1 out of 5 stars)
"I feel like I've seen this movie a hundred times already. The story has been done to death. Swimfan offers nothing new. No surprises, no scary moments, no nothing. And these high school kids look to be about 30 years old. There's not even decent swimming footage..."
Swimfan =not a bad breastroke
gary campany | gary campany | 09/09/2002
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I had huge hopes for this movie and when it was over not a bad flick.At times it was very predictable and been done before a 100 times over.But i knew that going in ,the acting was very convincing and top notch.My only cheif complaint it needed to be at least another 15 - 20 minutes longer.For me this is more like a guilty pleasure like film.Others will enjoy while some may think its a complete waste .Overall it delivers on most fronts and is very fast paced.I have always been a fan for this type of genre boarding on horror, so my opinion may be a little biased."
Predictably Entertaining
J. Martin | Woodside, NY | 03/09/2003
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Like the reviewer said Swimfan is Fatal Attraction for the teen set and it's so predictable you know exactly what the movie will entail within the first meeting of Madison Belle, played devilishy sweet by Erika Christenson. The plot goes like this. Boy meets girl,boy and girl have a one night stand, but boy has girlfriend, and girl goes psycho. Thats it in a nutshell, but the movie is a mere 85 minutes long, so things move along quickly and there are no unnescassay scenes. Jesse Bradford gives a convincing performance as Ben Cronin, the swimmer being stalked. While all the performances are good, including Shiri Appleby as Bens loving girlfriend, I would have liked to see the 2 actresses switch places. Shiri has such a sweet face and vulnerablity about her, and I think she could have potrayed the girl next door turned psycho role better. Overall, its a mindless fun. Sit back, laugh at some unintentionally funny dialogue, and enjoy."
Watching This Was Like Being Naked in A Poison Ivy Patch
gary campany | 02/13/2004
(1 out of 5 stars)
"...you're probably thinking THAT BAD huh? Well think of the poison ivy scenerio times 10,000 and that is how bad this film is. It is so bad I am not going to waste my time and go into it. I just want to save unsuspecting viewers from such torture. What do you get when you have:A tired plot?Terrible actors?And a script that seemed to be written by a one-paw dog?Swimfan...enough said."