The Deep End Movie Review 2001

Moms are used to cleaning up their kids' messes and Margaret Hall (Swinton) is no different, even if her situation is. Margaret lives with her three kids and cranky father-in-law in a quiet Lake Tahoe community. Her naval husband is away, which means when Margaret learns that teenaged son Beau (Tucker) is gay and involved with sleazy older bar owner, Darby (Lucas), she has no one to turn to. Things get tricky when Darby turns up dead on the beach and mom thinks son did the deed. She gets rid of the body but is soon being blackmailed by slick stranger Alek (Visnjic). Swinton is amazing as the woman who has no limits when it comes to maternal care. Based on Elizabeth Sanxay Holding's 1947 novel "The Blank Wall," which was previously filmed by Max Ophuls in 1949 as "The Reckless Moment."

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 99 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Moms, Blackmail, Gays, Teen Angst, Ethics & Morals

Screenplay

Scott McGehee, David Siegel

Cast

Tilda Swinton, Goran Visnjic, Jonathan Tucker, Raymond J. Barry, Josh(ua) Lucas, Peter Donat, Tamara Hope, Jordan Dorrance

Cinematography

Giles Nuttgens

Director

Scott McGehee, David Siegel

Music

Peter Nashel

Other

Robert Eber, Lauren Zuckerman, Sabrina Rosen, Kelly McGehee

Producer

Scott McGehee, David Siegel, Fox Searchlight

Awards

Sundance 2001: Cinematog. (Nuttgens).