Actors: Lauren Ambrose, Jennifer Dundas, Joelle Carter, Russ Ferrari, Jamie Harrold, James Villemaire
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Swimming
Lauren Ambrose stars as Frankie, a sexually confused girl in her late teens living in a small, tourist-congested beach town. Frankie's future shows little promise. She and her rigid older brother have inherited their parent's burger joint. Her brother treats her like a slave. She lacks the freedom or courage to make her own life choices.
It's Frankie's dream to buy a car and drive away. But her brother won't let her have her share of the diner's profits.
Frankie deals with the frustration of feeling trapped by experimenting with both straight and lesbian sexual encounters. In the process of "trying to find herself" she all but abandons her best friend for the object of her own obsession--a hot new waitress.
Frankie also meets a nice eccentric guy and hooks up with him. But she blows him off when as she gets increasingly wrapped up in the elusive waitress. Frankie's actions backfire when it becomes clear that the waitress was manipulating her to her own ends.
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Analysis of Swimming
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Family, struggling with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Brother
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- LESBIANS!!!!!!
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- chef/cook/restauranteur
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- deluded
- emotionally unstable
Hair color?
- red
Hair type
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- (man) very skinny
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- blue collar
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
