
With her husband perpetually away at work, a mother raises her children virtually alone. Her teenage son is testing the waters of the adult world, and early one morning she wakes to find the dead body of his gay lover on the beach of their rural lakeside home. What would you do? What is rational and what do you do to protect your child? How far do you go and when do you stop?... (Full plot summary below)
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With her husband perpetually away at work, a mother raises her children virtually alone. Her teenage son is testing the waters of the adult world, and early one morning she wakes to find the dead body of his gay lover on the beach of their rural lakeside home. What would you do? What is rational and what do you do to protect your child? How far do you go and when do you stop?
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| The Film YapNick RogersMargaret doesn't throw punches, just rolls with them. Some of her actions can't be objectively condoned. But through a maternal prism, Tilda Swinton makes sure they're understood, with skill sly enough to register strongly in the most ordinary of roles. |
| Detroit NewsTom LongThe Deep End does what too few films even attempt -- it takes an ordinary life and places it in an extraordinary situation just believable enough to be terrifying. |
| Reel.comRod ArmstrongDespite a couple of interesting twists and an excellent lead performance, their potentially interesting story is eventually undermined by too many holes and inconsistencies. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranExquisitely 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. |
| Philadelphia City PaperCynthia FuchsIt is most definitely a throwback film noir, but is also so acutely contemporary in its anxieties, that it's impossible to label as only that. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt's intense and involving, and it doesn't let us go. |
| Toronto StarPeter HowellIf the captivating turns and stellar acting of The Deep End don't carry you away, the incredible water imagery surely will. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliAn exceptionally involving and intelligent thriller. |
| Sacramento BeeJoe BaltakeTakes the quiet, nonviolent approach to conjuring up thrills. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderWhat the movie does have going for it ... is Tilda Swinton's performance. |