The Deep End
2001 · Movie · R · 101 min · ★ 6.2 · 80% critics
A mother is left to manage her family alone while her spouse is often away for work. When a death near their lakeside home pulls her teenage child into suspicion, she makes a desperate choice to protect her family, only to face escalating pressure from outsiders and a dangerous blackmail scheme.
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Details
- Years
- 2001
- Release date
- 2001-01-21
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Critic score
- 80/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (156 votes)
- Budget
- $3,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tense, character-driven thriller about family loyalty and hard choices, in the vein of Michael Clayton or The Limey; Not for you if you dislike far-fetched plotting or melodrama.
Pros: gripping moral dilemma; strong lead performance; tense, absorbing mood | Cons: implausible choices; uneven pacing; clunky dialogue moments
Themes
- friendship
- casino
- ambulance
- parent child relationship
- fight
- wound
- trumpet
- murder
- ballet
- dead body
- tears
- drink
- +5 more
Cast & crew
Tilda Swinton
as Margaret Hall
Goran Višnjić
as Alek Spera
Jonathan Tucker
as Beau Hall
Josh Lucas
as Darby Reese
Peter Donat
as Jack Hall
Raymond J. Barry
as Carlie Nagel
Tamara Hope
as Paige Hall
Jordon Dorrance
as Dylan Hall
Heather Mathieson
as Sue Lloyd
Holmes Osborne
as Loan Officer
Directed by David Siegel, Scott McGehee