SWIMFAN is actually a pretty decent creepy little thriller right up to the point when the bad girl gets caught.
Anyone film fan with a rudimentary knowledge of the structure of such movies will instantly recognise that this isn't really the end. It all happens too quickly and anti-climactically.
Unfortunately though this false ending leaves the story with nowhere to go but off the rails as it builds towards the increasingly ridiculous and overblown climax.
Jesse Bradford stars as Ben, a reformed badboy and high school senior with a very promising career as a swimmer ahead of him who throws it all away for a romp in the pool with Madison (Erika Christensen) the alluring new girl in school. Ben's overcome with guilt at having cheated on his doting girlfriend and tries to give Madison the brush-off, but she's having none of it, putting the Mad into Madison as she attempts to convince Ben that he's making a big mistake.
Half the pleasure is to be had in watching Madison use what was - in 2002 - cutting edge technology to stalk and harass Ben, but now looks like it belongs in a museum. This was just nine years ago but no one had a cellphone - the coolest kids stayed in touch by paging one another - and Ben's email program is positively prehistoric.
Imagine a less memorable, teenage take on 'Fatal Attraction' and you'll have a good idea what to expect from SWIMFAN.
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