FlashCallahan Ben Cronin has the admiration of his friends, a terrific girlfriend, and an appointment with swim scouts from Stanford. Ben must train for countless hours in the pool for a critical swim meet, work at the local hospital and find time with his girlfriend, Amy. His life is disrupted by the arrival of Madison Bell. The new girl in town quickly sets her sights on Ben. While their first few meetings are innocent enough, Madison wants more....Nothing new to see here, it's your atypical nice person turns psycho after a brush off, and after the rejection, Ben finds his life slowly crashing down around him.It's the age old tale, never stray off the path, and be faithful to the ones you love, because karma will come a knocking at your door, but it's been done to death, and so much better.It's mercifully short though, and the two leads are affable enough, but your just sitting there waiting for the inevitable to happen, then it does, you leave the film, and never think of it again.if you haven't seen any films from this sub-genre before, you may appreciate it more than I did, but you will certainly appreciate the other films in this category.and there are plenty..

BA_Harrison High-school swimmer Ben Cronin (Jesse Bradford) is good looking, popular, has a pretty devoted girlfriend, Amy (Shiri Appleby), and a promising future—kinda makes you sick doesn't it? But after new-girl Madison (Erika Christensen) sets him in her sights, seducing him in the school pool, his perfect life gradually turns into a living hell.Yup, it's a teen version of Fatal Attraction, with middle-aged Michael Douglas replaced by hunk Bradford and scary Glenn Close substituted for curvaceous but clearly cuckoo Christensen. Formulaic, predictable and undemanding, there's very little here to surprise the viewer, and the ease with which Madison goes about her business requires suspension of disbelief on a massive scale; despite this, Swimfan still manages to be a fun little thriller, helped immensely by surprisingly solid performances from the young eye-candy cast and effective direction from John Polson, who at least executes his well-worn clichés with a degree of style.

Steve Pulaski What is disappointing about Swimfan is it is always heavily criticized because of its similarity to Fatal Attraction. Most recently, Beyonce's film Obsessed was victim to the same harsh criticism. Swimfan is strong on its own, and when you look past Fatal Attraction, its a good film. Same with Obsessed. They aren't as good as Fatal Attraction, but they have a good cast and good events that create an all around good movie.Jesse Bradford is the star I'm on the lookout for now. Since his role as the misogynist jerk in I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, I've been renting and watching My Sassy Girl, Romeo + Juliet, and now Swimfan. With movies like this I don't even know he's in them until I see them. I was researching his filmography, and to my surprise, he has been in quite a handful of movies. I noticed he was in Clockstoppers, which I continuously saw ads for as a kid, not knowing the lead guy standing tall in the poster was him.Swimfan focuses on a very athletic and fit high school student named Ben Cronin (Bardford) who is desperate to obtain a scholarship for swimming. He has good parents, a loving girlfriend, but a past history of substance abuse. Seeing a woman with her locker not opening, Ben stops and helps the girl named Madison Bell (Christensen). Madison becomes increasingly attracted to Ben which leads to them having sex in the school pool.Frustrated and regretful, Ben wants to just leave everything where it's at and move on in his life. Madison continues to show signs of obsession to Ben only motivated by his constant resistance and aggravation when she is around. She likes him, and won't take no for an answer.Is it similar to Fatal Attraction? Yes. It is a flatout copy? Not necessarily. For one, Swimfan uses teens as its victims. And it manages to come up with its own ideas for these characters. I'm not saying Fatal Attraction wasn't unique, but this isn't either.The best thing about these female obsession films is they're done with a sense of realism and they don't go over the top with their antics. I will say, that the sad part is both Obsessed and Swimfan have only a PG-13 rating. With films about female obsession, I'd appreciate if these films had gone a bit further with their antics, while keeping that same sense of realism by not overdoing it, and earn an R rating by the MPAA.Besides being a little toned down and some moments on the dull side, Swimfan manages to squeeze its way in the recommendation side of the film section. It is suspenseful in parts and some scenes, mainly the scenes in the end, are well crafted and well executed. It's a mixed bag. A bag that shouldn't be avoided.Starting: Jesse Bradford, Erika Christensen, Shiri Appleby, Clayne Crawford, Jason Ritter, and Dan Hedaya. Directed by: John Polson.

johnc2141 I saw swim fan recently and thought it was pretty good,it plays like a teenage version of fatal attraction,good thing this guy did'nt have a pet rabbit,the cast is mostly unknowns at least to me.but the things this girl does are so mean and demented,talk about a woman scorned.the teen lead is a swim champion at his high school,has a pretty good girl girlfriend,and then comes the new girl,watch out shes got major issues. its a shame because shes so attractive,but shes also a demon child.no supernatural stuff here,but there's lots of suspense and melodrama.the only stars i recognized in this sleeper are Dan Hedaya(tightrope)and Jason Ritter(Freddy vs Jason)yes he's the son of the late John Ritter. both of these actors have small supporting roles.as for being a dead on rehash of fatal attraction,it is just that.i have to say i liked it, i would'nt call this a true horror film.it is however good suspense. 8 out of 10,swim fan rocks.