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 The Deep End (DVD)
 The Deep End (DVD) ... ... / DVD released 16 September, 2002 at 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Features of the DVD: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen / A tense tale of menace, murder and redemption, The Deep End is a film that sets itself high and stylish standards but ultimately fails to meet them all. Set in a sleepy American lakeside town, it traces the sudden and rapid disintegration of the life of Margaret Hall, a devoted mother who discovers her son is having an affair with a seedy older man Darby Reese (played by the suitably sleazy Josh Lucas). Matters take a turn for the worse when, after Reese's death, she finds herself the victim of a blackmail plot. With her husband away at sea, it falls to her alone to keep the family safe from harm. Salvation comes in the unlikely form of Alex (ER regular Goran Visnjic), her blackmailer, who develops a close and unexpected bond with his intended victim. Tilda Swinton dominates proceedings as the increasingly desperate Margaret, although her relationship with Visnijc stretches the boundaries of credibility just a little too far. The direction is self-consciously showy, jumping at every opportunity for a clever shot. Although it isn't half the film that it thinks it is, The Deep End is still capable of holding the viewer's interest for its modest duration. On the DVD: The Deep End disc, in an annoying throwback to the days of video, opens straight into a series of trailers for forthcoming attractions. Once the menu itself appears there is a distinct lack of inventiveness and thought. The interactive features offer a choice of subtitles and scene selection. Picture and soundwise, the lush, deep shots of the lakeside location work well in the digital format and the subtle, suspense-building score is clear and crisp. --Phil UdellNewest Review: ... the boat house, she notices something strange in the water, and as she gets closer, she realises to her horror that it is the ... more ... body of Josh Lucas. Although she is very shocked, her immediate reaction is to protect her son and she quickly bundles the body into a boat sails out to a secluded cove and dumps the body in the water. When she returns home, she goes about her normal business and pretends that everything is as normal. But everything is not as normal. The police soon notice that Josh Lucas is missing – and they aren’t the only ones. When a young man comes knocking on the front door, demanding cash, Margaret tells him to get lost. Wh...more |
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The Deep End (DVD): Honour Thy Mother... (964 words)
by - written on 19/12/01 (Very useful, 56 readings)
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Mothers are a very useful thing aren’t they? I mean they bear you into this world, feed you, nourish you, keep you warm, clean and tend to your scrapes when you fall of your bike, help with that tricky homework question, comfort you when Tricia Yates from 6B dumps you for a Senior, dispose of the body of your dead gay lover, keep you supplied with… Whoa, wait a minute, perhaps the last one may seem a step too far…but not for Margaret Hall (Tilda Swinton) in “The Deep End”. Margaret is a typical American housewife, bringing up three kids in a gorgeous house on the shores of Lake Tahoe, looking after her husband’s ... Read the complete review
That sinking feeling (647 words)
by - written on 09/01/02 (Very useful, 43 readings)
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Rather like 'The Man Who Wasn't There', 'The Deep End' seems to delight in violating that cornerstone of film noir that murder and blackmail must take place in the deep, dark shadows of night. A few crucial events - notably the central death - take place at night, but generally this is a film about bright penetrating sunlight. Margaret Hall (Tilda Swinton) is a Navy bride, her husband an offscreen presence on a boat somewhere far from their comfortable home on the shores of Lake Tahoe. The Halls' eldest son Beau (Jonathan Tucker) is a talented musician, but he is getting mixed up with the wrong people, most notably a Reno club-owner, ... Read the complete review
The Deep End (DVD): One Of The Best Movies Of 2001 and One Of The Most Ignored T ... (886 words)
by - written on 04/01/02 (Very useful, 47 readings)
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The Deep End is a movie of which the likes of Alfred Hitchcock would have been proud. Its a suspenseful drama which truly captures the imagination, holds you firmly in the grip of its slowly developing storyline and then leaves you stunned when the final curtain falls at what you have just seen. It is also one of those movies which has gotten little hype and will probably fail completely to pack them in at the box office, but hopefully it’ll be a sleeper which will eventually make it around to all movie fans. It also features one hell of a debut acting performance by Tilda Swinton who I feel for sure will be picking up awards when it comes around to those back ... Read the complete review
Don't Let Your Son Go Down On Me (1109 words)
by - written on 10/02/06 (Very useful, 136 readings)
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The Deep End is one of those curious movies that you watch when there isn’t much else on offer, and then find yourself strangely drawn in. It is atmospheric, intriguing and generally quite unpredictable – but when it’s finished, you’ll still sit there thinking, “Is that it?” The Deep End tells the story of Jonathan Tucker, a fresh-faced American teenager, who just happens to be gay. It transpires that Jonathan has been hanging around with Josh Lucas, a local man who has cash to flash and a trendy nightclub to flash it in. When Jonathan’s mother (Margaret) finds out that her son is playing for the other team, she takes it upon herself to visit Lucas in his ... Read the complete review
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