The Swimmer

The Swimmer
7.3

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Directed by: Frank Perry

Overview

A man spends a summer day swimming home via all the pools in his quiet suburban neighborhood.

Reviews (2)

  • CinemaSerf (Rated: 7)

    "Ned" (Burt Lancaster) has been away for a while so his neighbours are a bit surprised to see him, clad only in his trunks, swimming in their pool. After some chat with them, he discovers that barring the odd bit of terrain to cross, he can pretty much swim his way home through the pools of other ne...

  • Wuchak (Rated: 7)

    Offbeat parable of self-discovery on the collapse of the “American dream”

    A somewhat confused man in swimming trunks (Burt Lancaster) travels from pool to pool in suburban Connecticut on his way home. Some of the people he comes across are played by Janet Landgard, Janice Rule, Joan Rivers ...

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