Best movie of this year hands down!

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

One of my all time favorites.

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Swimming Pool's director seems end the movie while leaving the audience with a burning mystery: Who was that "Julie" girl at the house in France? Was she really the publisher's daughter, was she an impostor, or was she something else entirely? Here's the spoiler --- and this is the REAL spoiler. In the next-to-last scene (which takes place in France), Sarah and the sexy "Julie" prepare to say their goodbyes. Julie crosses the room, and in doing so, passes in front of a full-length mirror. Now, if you saw the movie, did you notice that Julie's image never appears in the mirror?! It's no mistake. That "empty" mirror scene was the KEY to the plot. So the sexy "Julie" did not exist! She was a creation by fiction writer Sarah Morton, who was ALONE at the house the whole time. Later, in London, Sarah sees what his publisher's daughter really looks like, but this last scene only confirms that "Julie" was not really Julie. Clear enough? What a plot! And what a great movie!

Couldn't really understand this film; bought the DVD for one reason, and one reason only, a good friend of mine, Keith Yeates, played the part of Charlotte Rampling's father. Keith had lots of bit parts on TV and in movies over a period of about 15 years, including Longtitude (2000), with Michael Gambon, The Four Feathers (2002). Swimming Pool was the first of his work to get him a mention on IMDb, sadly he died of heart failure before I had the opportunity to tell him. Keith liked people to know that he attended the Oxford High School for Boys with British comedy legend Ronnie Barker. He was a popular guy, and still missed.

Swimming Pool is one of those films which leaves you questioning everything you've seen. Once it concludes you immediately start running the whole thing back in your mind, trying to piece it all together. It's a film which entertains you while also compelling you to think. That's a very good combination. It is a slow film, taking its time in setting itself up and really taking its time in fully revealing itself. But while there may be moments where you wish the film would pick up the pace it certainly manages to hold your interest throughout. And in the end it is clearly worth having taken the sometimes slow journey towards its intriguing conclusion.The story follows middle-aged English novelist Sarah Morton who, with a bad case of writer's block, has holed up at her publisher's French country house. Alone there Sarah can clear her mind and find her inspiration. But she won't be alone for long, her peaceful serenity disrupted when her publisher's young, nubile and quite oversexed daughter Julie shows up to stay in the house with her. To say that Sarah and Julie don't hit it off would be putting it mildly. Furious with the intrusion Sarah calls her publisher to complain but oddly seems unable to reach him. Little oddities continue to pile up. What exactly is going on here? The film is not going to give up its secrets that easily, you have to wait to the end. But there is really good entertainment to be had as the plot weaves its way to the finish. Sarah does find her inspiration. Where she finds that inspiration and what it leads to is both surprising and smart. Writer/director François Ozon thought his story out very well and executed it in fine fashion.The film's smart, compelling and very intriguing story is played out very well by Charlotte Rampling playing Sarah and Ludivine Sagnier playing Julie. There are other characters who come in and out of the story but it is really all about Sarah and Julie. And both Rampling and Sagnier do excellent work portraying these two very different women. Sarah is cold, stern, reserved. Julie is free, open, wild, full of life. And prone to quite often putting her bodily assets on full naked display. As much as acting the part looking the part was important for the character of Julie and Sagnier is certainly up to the task there. The initial clash between the two main characters is inevitable. But as the story evolves the characters do too and Rampling and Sagnier capture the evolution wonderfully. As Sarah and Julie come to understand each other a little better you would think things in the home would become a little more peaceful. In reality it is at this point where the drama and tension get ratcheted up. The film has some thrills in store. In the end the film gives you much to appreciate. And much to think about.

I saw this film in the theater about 4-5 years a go and i told my self yeah,this is the film i needed. After a hard working day the film took me almost immediately.I like those kind of films who have slow narration guided by few shuts without the main character saying anything.The camera do that,describing the character perfectly well.Like a said,a slow narration before the events taking a part.About the erotic scenes in this film i will say that they are pretty for the form of film and i like it especially in the scene on the swimming pool.I haven't see Francois Ozon previous works except the 8 women,but once again:Europien films are films unlike American!