"Swimmer" is a 17-minute movie from that UK written and directed by Lynne Ramsay and she won her first BAFTA for this black-and-white film here. I cannot really see why though. I thought there was nothing particularly memorable about this movie here and I guess they just awarded the big name that came with it. Ramsay made a couple short films during her career, so this was some kind of back to the roots for her. Anyway, for pretty much the entire film we follow a guy swimming and hear some spectacular music occasionally. There is no real story and this film lives through the emotions that it is intended to bring up in you. However, to me personally it was very ineffective in that regard, so 2 stars out of 5 is almost a bit generous I believe. Ramsay's last work to-date and I hope she can step things up with her next projects. I do not recommend "Swimmer".
Review of Swimmer
