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The Deep End

  • 2001
  • R
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
12K
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The Deep End (2001)
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CrimeDramaMystery

A woman spirals out of control while trying to keep her son from being found culpable in a murder investigation.A woman spirals out of control while trying to keep her son from being found culpable in a murder investigation.A woman spirals out of control while trying to keep her son from being found culpable in a murder investigation.

  • Directors
    • Scott McGehee
    • David Siegel
  • Writers
    • Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
    • Scott McGehee
    • David Siegel
  • Stars
    • Tilda Swinton
    • Goran Visnjic
    • Jonathan Tucker
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    12K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Scott McGehee
      • David Siegel
    • Writers
      • Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
      • Scott McGehee
      • David Siegel
    • Stars
      • Tilda Swinton
      • Goran Visnjic
      • Jonathan Tucker
    • 185User reviews
    • 92Critic reviews
    • 78Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 19 nominations

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    Tilda Swinton in The Deep End (2001)
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    Tilda Swinton and Goran Visnjic at an event for The Deep End (2001)
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    Goran Visnjic at an event for The Deep End (2001)
    Goran Visnjic at an event for The Deep End (2001)
    Tilda Swinton and Goran Visnjic at an event for The Deep End (2001)
    Tilda Swinton and Goran Visnjic at an event for The Deep End (2001)
    Tilda Swinton at an event for The Deep End (2001)
    Tilda Swinton at an event for The Deep End (2001)
    Tilda Swinton at an event for The Deep End (2001)

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    Tilda Swinton
    Tilda Swinton
    • Margaret Hall
    Goran Visnjic
    Goran Visnjic
    • Alek Spera
    Jonathan Tucker
    Jonathan Tucker
    • Beau Hall
    Peter Donat
    Peter Donat
    • Jack Hall
    Josh Lucas
    Josh Lucas
    • Darby Reese
    Raymond J. Barry
    Raymond J. Barry
    • Carlie Nagel
    • (as Raymond Barry)
    Tamara Hope
    Tamara Hope
    • Paige Hall
    Jordon Dorrance
    Jordon Dorrance
    • Dylan Hall
    Heather Mathieson
    • Sue Lloyd
    Holmes Osborne
    Holmes Osborne
    • Loan Officer
    Richard Gross
    Richard Gross
    • Deputy Sheriff
    Kip Martin
    Kip Martin
    • BVD
    Frankie Loyal
    Frankie Loyal
    • Barrish Brother
    • (as Franco Delgado)
    Kip Ellwood
    • Male Nurse
    Margot Krindel
    • Jackie
    Michael Pizzuto
    • Heavy-Set Officer
    Tajma Soleil
    • Female Nurse
    F.W. McGehee
    • Music Teacher
    • Directors
      • Scott McGehee
      • David Siegel
    • Writers
      • Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
      • Scott McGehee
      • David Siegel
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Margaret's date of birth is November 5, 1960. That's also Tilda Swinton's date of birth.
    • Goofs
      After being slapped around, when following Alek with her son, the blood on Margaret's lip disappears and reappears several times.
    • Quotes

      Margaret Hall: We don't have the money.

      Alek 'Al' Spera: You have to get the money. Is that not clear enough?

      Margaret Hall: It's $50,000. It is not the kind of thing that everyone can just go out and get.

      Alek 'Al' Spera: Have you spoken with your husband?

      Margaret Hall: He can't be reached. He's on a carrier somewhere in the nor - This is truly none of your business.

      Alek 'Al' Spera: What about the old man? Well, you have to try harder.

      Margaret Hall: "Try harder?"

      Alek 'Al' Spera: I don't think you're really trying.

      Margaret Hall: Really?

      Alek 'Al' Spera: Yes.

      Margaret Hall: Well, maybe you should explain "really trying" to me, Mr. Spera. Tell me - how would you be "really trying" if you were me? But you're not me, are you? You don't have my petty concerns to clutter your life and keep you from trying. You don't have three kids to feed, or worry about the future of a 17-year-old boy who nearly got himself killed driving back from some kind of a nightclub with his 30-year-old friend sitting drunk in the seat beside him. No, these are not your concerns. I see that. But perhaps you're right, Mr. Spera. Perhaps I could be trying a little harder. Maybe sometime tomorrow between dropping Dylan at baseball practice and picking up my father-in-law from the hospital, I might find a way to try a little harder. Maybe I should take a page from your book: go to the track, find a card game. Maybe I should blackmail someone. Or maybe you have another idea. I mean, maybe you have a better idea of how I might try a little harder to find this $50,000 you've come here to steal from me.

      Alek 'Al' Spera: You're right. I'm not you. I don't - This is only a business opportunity. That's all.

    • Crazy credits
      Wild Bill Laczko - Transportation
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: The Million Dollar Hotel/The Invisible Circus/Head Over Heels (2001)
    • Soundtracks
      En Forme de Habanera
      Written by Maurice Ravel

      Performed by Nelson Padgette (piano) and Ronnie Buttacavoli (trumpet)

    User reviews185

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    Next time you're dumping a dead body
    A word of advice: when disposing of a corpse in a huge lake, dump it in the shallowest waters available. This way, you can guarantee it will be found almost straight away, thus plunging you into an abyss of blackmail, double-cross and MURDER... Also, when being blackmailed by bad guys, make sure one of them is actually good ON THE INSIDE and that his boss is a useless, unthreatening dope. Who looks like he's wearing a toupee. Also, if you are a married woman, try to get plunged into an abyss of blackmail, double-cross and MURDER when your husband is away at sea. This serves two functions: 1) It means you have to carry the movie yourself. Which, for the admirably restrained Tilda Swinton (is she named after the rice, or is the rice named after her?) is not difficult. Imagine if she weren't in it. What would be the point of seeing it? 2) It allows lazy viewers (most UK critics, especially) to bask in their brilliant insight - "the gay son is seeking a father figure in his real father's absence, and the wife is seeking a husband figure. Do you see?" Also, if you are planning a career as a bad guy, then either be really bad and start beating people up when they can't get the money together, or just forget it right now. You're not cut out for this sort of work. ALSO, if you are making movies which, you hope, use a standard noir plot-line on which to hang serious, like, issues and stuff, then please (I'm asking you nicely) make sure the standard noir plot line is watertight. No plot-holes. No utterly implausible events. No scenes that will make the average audience member (heck, the average five year-old) howl with derision. That way, your serious, like, issues and stuff, will be much more impressive. Alternatively, of course, you could just make a really good noir thriller with no pretensions to anything loftier. Hey, it worked for Hitchcock, "The Usual Suspects" and lord knows how many others. But that would probably be beneath the worthy but inept people who made "The Deep End".
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 31, 2001 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dipsiz
    • Filming locations
      • Tahoma, California, USA(The Hall family's home)
    • Production company
      • i5 Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $3,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $8,823,109
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $141,852
      • Aug 12, 2001
    • Gross worldwide
      • $10,031,529
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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