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Night Swim

2024

Bryce McGuire

Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Amélie Hoeferle, Gavin Warren ...

4.4

1,381

Horror Feature length version of the 2014 short film about a woman swimming in her pool at night terrorized by an evil spirit.

	Media	Author	Review
		Ben Travis Empire	"For the most part, Night Swim is a strong debut from McGuire that gestures towards IT, The Shining, Jaws and Poltergeist while remaining well-conceived in its own right (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	As supernatural thrillers go, “Night Swim” is a quick dip — persuasively acted and quite effective in its first half, scattered and woozy in its second"
		Alison Foreman IndieWire	"This sluggish supernatural release from Blumhouse and Atomic Monster feels like the latest disasterpiece from a latter-day M. Night Shyamalan"
		Matthew Jackson AV Club	"McGuire manages to manipulate your preconceived notions and have a little fun with them. That makes for an engaging watch, even when the film is bogged down by the pressures and patterns of its chosen horror formula."
		Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"Despite the filmmaker’s best efforts to drum up suspense via the usual jump scares, 'Night Swim' turns out to be just as silly as it sounds. "
		William Bibbiani The Wrap	"'Night Swim' is utter nonsense, but it’s impossible to be mad at it. The silly premise and the sincere performances and the laughable dialogue nearly combine to make a kitschy treat in the vein of “Death Spa”
		Bob Strauss San Francisco Chronicle	"The good news is you can bring the kids. When it comes time for swimming lessons next summer, there’s nothing they’ll remember from this that’ll make them afraid of the water. (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"
		Matthew Monagle Austin Chronicle	"It may be damning with faint praise to describe 'Night Swim' as a solid movie, but horror fans know just how dark and deep the bottoms of their genre can be. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"As the mysteries behind the strange occurrences are slowly revealed, this underpowered horror film starts to drown in cliches and predictable plot twists."
		Aurora Amidon Paste Magazine	"A movie with a seriously fun premise that fails to deliver. This of course isn’t an uncommon phenomenon when it comes to horror films, but one would expect a little more from producers James Wan and Jason Blum."
		Owen Gleiberman Variety	"It’s 'The Amityville Horror' in a swimming pool (...) The new Blumhouse horror film works hard to avoid the first-weekend-of-January junkyard blues, but it's too familiar and derivative — and too PG-13 — not to fall into it."
		Robbie Collin Telegraph	"Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon's suburban horror feels like an adaptation of a Stephen King story that he never got round to writing (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"Kerry Condon follows up her Oscar nomination with a thankless piece of Blumhouse schlock that tries, and fails, to make swimming pools scary (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Katie Rife IGN	"[It] effectively exploits primal fears around water, but its comedy and horror chops aren’t strong enough to keep it from drowning in its more clichéd elements"
		Alissa Wilkinson The New York Times	"McGuire clearly has the chops and the imagination for horror (...) And for a winter horror release — typically a great time to go to the movie theater, munch popcorn and get your pants scared off — it does the job."
		Odie Henderson Boston Globe	"The worst movie I’ve seen in years (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"
		Chris Vognar Rolling Stone	"It eventually runs out of places to go, but not before it weds some sneaky character development to a few good, solid jump moments. It might not find an audience, but it deserves one"
		Bill Bria SlashFilm	"'Night Swim' relies a whole lot on genre tropes and classic horror to fill out its runtime. However, it uses that extra room to introduce some surprisingly unique and compelling concepts
		Zachary Barnes The Wall Street Journal	"The movie seems destined to sink quickly to the bottom of our cultural memory and, like a few swimmers in this demented pool, vanish altogether"
		Dylan Roth The New York Observer	"While diverting enough for its forgiving 98-minute runtime, 'Night Swim' neither sinks nor floats (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"
		Emma Kiely Collider	"An interesting premise and talented stars can't save this shallow horror movie."
		Christy Lemire rogerebert.com	"Producers Jason Blum and James Wan, both horror titans, once again show they know how to freak audiences out while maintaining a sly sense of humor (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Mary Beth McAndrews Dread Central	"[It] is the cinematic equivalent of a belly flop: silly and fun to watch but the end is a bit painful (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"
		Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror	"This horror movie doesn’t work nearly as well as it should. The result is a mixed bag that is quickly forgotten (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Mae Abdulbaki Screen Rant	"'Night Swim' has compelling themes and an intriguing family dynamic, but its weakest element is that of its horror, which is severely lacking in bite."
		Moira MacDonald Seattle Times	"I can think of many, many better ways to usher in a new year than the very damp effort that is 'Night Swim' (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"
		Joshua Rothkopf Los Angeles Times	"McGuire knows exactly what he’s doing, scene after scene, especially when it comes to the deliciously sadistic grammar of suspense"
		Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"Condon’s fierce yet heartfelt performance and the underwater sequences keep 'Night Swim' treading water, but the high concept novelty wears out its welcome quickly for seasoned horror fans who’ve seen this scenario play out so many times before (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"
		Greg Nussen Slant	"Drowning in horror clichés (...) There’s an elegiac beauty to the film’s pool scenes, but everything that surrounds them is leaden (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"
		Kristy Puchko Mashable	"While it has splashes of fun, it's ultimately a lazy effort that feels totally disposable"

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