7.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Crime, Thriller • 2003 • 102 min • Adults (18+)
Swimming Pool (2003)
Swimming Pool (2003)
Overview
A British crime novelist travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. However, the unexpected arrival of the publisher's daughter induces complications and a subsequent crime.
Starring Cast
Charlotte Rampling • Charles Dance • Ludivine Sagnier
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Neutral
Viewer Rating
7.1
Overview
A British crime novelist travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. However, the unexpected arrival of the publisher's daughter induces complications and a subsequent crime.
Starring Cast
Charlotte Rampling • Charles Dance • Ludivine Sagnier
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film primarily explores apolitical themes of authorship, identity, desire, and the creative process, without explicitly promoting or critiquing specific political ideologies. Its focus is on a personal, psychological journey rather than societal or political issues.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
The movie features a predominantly white European cast, consistent with the characters' nationalities, without explicit race or gender swaps of traditional roles. The narrative explores psychological themes and character dynamics between its main female protagonists, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering DEI themes.
Secondary
LGBTQ: Neutral
Confidence: Medium
The film features a character, Julie, who exhibits sexual fluidity, engaging with both male and female partners. Her non-heterosexuality is presented factually as part of her character, without being a source of judgment or a central thematic focus. The portrayal is incidental, neither explicitly affirming nor problematic, contributing to the character's complexity within the film's broader psychological narrative.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: Medium
The film 'Swimming Pool' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on a crime novelist's creative process, sexuality, and the blurring of reality and fiction, without engaging with transgender identity in any capacity.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
Swimming Pool (2003) is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous adaptation from which characters' genders could have been altered.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
Swimming Pool (2003) is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical figures, or legacy characters from which a race swap could occur.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.7
6.5
Critic Ratings
8.4
7.0
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