Monday, 12 March 2012

Deep End (1970)

Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski

Starring John Moulder Brown, Jane Asher, Diana Dors

Teen films will get better won't they? At this level I can't see it happening.

Fifteen year old Mike gets himself a job at the local bath house and swimming pool establishment. Young, niave and attracting attention from the older women clients, Mike has his eyes firmly on his new female co-worker Susan.

And so the pain begins. Deep End is a funny, warm and tragic film that reminds us all that at one stage, we were young. And sometimes there is logic to be had at a time when everything's confused.

Shot perfectly when the two leads are together, I feel as if I should try to protect it from anyone trying to copy its template.

4.5 / 5


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