The Deep End (2001)
74%RT Audience Score: 59%
Awards & Nominations: NA
A well-acted film noir with arresting visuals
The Deep End is like a rollercoaster ride, but instead of twists and turns, it’s filled with unexpected plot twists and turns. Tilda Swinton’s performance is so good that it’s almost unfair to the other actors. The movie is a bit slow at times, but it’s worth it for the payoff at the end. It’s like a puzzle that you’re trying to solve, and when you finally figure it out, you feel like a genius. Overall, The Deep End is a thrilling and unconventional movie that’s definitely worth a watch.
Production Company(ies)
Tequila Gang Estudios Picasso Esperanto Filmoj
Distributor
Fox
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
TV-MA
Year of Release
2001
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Stereo
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Aspect ratio:1.33 : 11.78 : 116:9 HD
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Runtime:1h 39m
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Language(s):
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Aug 1, 2001 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 4, 2003
Genre(s)
Drama/Lgbtq+
Keyword(s)
starring Tilda Swinton, Goran Visnjic, Jonathan Tucker, Peter Donat, Josh Lucas, Raymond J Barry, directed by Scott McGehee, David Siegel, written by Scott McGehee, David Siegel, drama, LGBTQ+, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Kimberley Jones, Ella Taylor, Mark Caro, Ben Falk, Rene Rodriguez, Steven Rosen, Erik Anderson, Kevin Carr, Don Groves, Nick Rogers, B Ruby Rich, Rob Gonsalves, produced by Laura Greenlee, David Siegel, Scott McGehee, R rating, Fox, Surround, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby Stereo, Scope (2.35:1), Margaret Hall, Alek Spera, Beau Hall, Jack Hall, Darby Reese, Carlie Nagel
Worldwide gross: $10,031,529
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): NA
US/Canada gross: $8,823,109
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend:
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Goran Visnjic – Alek Spera
Jonathan Tucker – Beau Hall
Peter Donat – Jack Hall
Josh Lucas – Darby Reese
Raymond J. Barry – Carlie Nagel
Directors – Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Producers – Laura Greenlee, David Siegel, Scott McGehee
Writers – Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Sound Mix – Surround, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio – Scope (2.35:1)
Director(s)
Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Writer(s)
Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Producer(s)
Laura Greenlee, David Siegel, Scott McGehee
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (118) | Top Critics (34) | Fresh (97) | Rotten (21)
March 10, 2003 | Rating: 3.5/5
Kimberley Jones
Austin Chronicle
TOP CRITIC
Swinton … is for once deglamorized into an ordinary woman enlarged by extraordinary circumstances, and the role animates her wonderfully.
November 18, 2002
Ella Taylor
L.A. Weekly
TOP CRITIC
For the most part … the filmmakers and performers invest a high level of intelligence and sympathy into The Deep End.
June 18, 2002 | Rating: 3/4
Mark Caro
Chicago Tribune
TOP CRITIC
A rather dull movie, weighed down by its pretensions.
November 19, 2001 | Rating: 2/5
Ben Falk
BBC.com
TOP CRITIC
For all its genre trappings, this is an intelligent, probing study of an ordinary woman under extraordinary duress.
August 31, 2001
Rene Rodriguez
Miami Herald
TOP CRITIC
The Deep End is the year’s best movie since Memento.
August 29, 2001
Steven Rosen
Denver Post
TOP CRITIC
One of the great things about films like this is that it understands the circumstances it puts its unlikely heroine in are outlandish and yet rooted in deep truth and realistic actions by its characters.
April 7, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4
Erik Anderson
AwardsWatch
The Deep End is an unconventional thriller with unconventional characters, unconventional actors and an unconventional pace. That serves the movie quite well.
May 20, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/5
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures
Woman-in-jeopardy thriller with a double twist.
January 13, 2011 | Rating: 3/5
Don Groves
sbs.com.au
Margaret 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.
September 25, 2010 | Rating: 4/4
Nick Rogers
The Film Yap
The Deep End is a sun-drenched noir that lets Tilda Swinton prove herself as an action hero.
July 6, 2010
B. Ruby Rich
The Nation
Finely crafted but more than a little overrated.
July 30, 2007 | Rating: 4/5
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com…
Plot
Pop culture references fly thick and fast as stop-motion animation is featured in sketches lampooning everything from television movies to comic books.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Tilda Swinton delivers a “powerful” and “terrified” performance as a desperate mother in The Deep End.
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