Girls Can't Swim

Girls Can't Swim (2002)

  • 71% of critics liked it
    (34 reviews)

  • 37% of users liked it
    (955 ratings)

Charlotte Silvera's Girls Can Get Away With Anything is about a young girl who acted in a film. Eight-year-old Judith (Thylda Bares) was plucked from everyday life to act in a film that was made in Paris. After returning home from the experience, she finds that her parents' marriage is on… More

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Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Anne-Sophie Birot, Christophe Honoré
Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Apr 19, 2002 Limited
Winstar

Critic Reviews

  • Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle

    Birot has succeeded in making a movie that has some laughs, low points and high ideals.

  • John Hartl, Seattle Times

    Until its final minutes this is a perceptive study of two families in crisis -- and of two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    I felt sad for Lise not so much because of what happens as because she was captured by this movie when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier, by Rohmer, for example.

  • Loren King, Chicago Tribune

    Despite its shortcomings, Girls Can't Swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch, and it's a worthy entry in the French coming-of-age genre.

  • Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News

    Compelling, beautifully photographed French import.

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    Two best friends that have been separated look forward to spending the summer together. All's not as well as it first appears though. Gwen is a confused girl who uses her sexuality to embrace some sort of acceptance missing from her mother and father. Lise is emotionally… More

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