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..

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.

This film starts out with a young guy and gal who are very much in love and both of them feel they have found their Soul Mate in life. The young man is an excellent swimmer and is looking forward to perform for some swimming coaches for various colleges and he is encouraged by his own coach.Another young gal who is very pretty and sexy seduces this young guy to have a one night stand with her and from then on the film becomes a fatal attraction situation.You will have to view this film in order to find out if the one night stand was worth starting a complete web of suspense and murder.Great entertaining film, enjoy.

It's a "fatal attraction" for handsome high school swimmer Jesse Bradford (as Ben Cronin) when sexy "Swimfan" Erika Christensen (as Madison Bell) can't get into her sticky locker. After Mr. Bradford helps the voluptuous Ms. Christensen get into the locker, she succeeds in getting into his swimming trunks. Bradford wants their wet encounter to remain a "one night stand", but Christensen wants more. She goes psycho. Soon, high school life for Bradford and sweet, steady girlfriend Shiri Appleby (as Amy Miller) is filled with misery…and murder."Swimfan" is smoothly directed by John Polson, nicely photographed by Giles Nuttgens, and contains some engaging performances - but, the film is really very ordinary. The story misses opportunities to plot new ground. And, the "younger" performers are clearly too old to be in high school (they might have tried a "community college" setting). The supporting cast includes Richard Burton's daughter Kate (a very sweet lady), and John Ritter's son Randy (nepotism doesn't run in the Ritter family, it gallops).**** Swimfan (8/19/02) John Polson ~ Jesse Bradford, Erika Christensen, Shiri Appleby