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Ben Savage, Brittany Byrnes, Craig Horner, David Hoflin, Deborah Kennedy ...( see more  see more... ) , Geoffrey Rush , Jesse Spencer , Judy Davis , Mark Hembrow , Matt Czuchry , Michael Moriarty , Mitchell Dellevergin , Thomas Davidson , Tim Draxl

Jesse Spencer ("House M.D.") stars in the true-life drama of Australian swimming champion Tony Fingleton. Desperate to escape his tortuous older brother and alcoholic father (Geoffrey Rush), Tony find...( read more  read more... )s sanctuary and his life's calling at the local public pool. And though his new passion is marred by his father's growing animosity and illness, the talented athlete nevertheless perseveres, ultimately gaining both sports glory and self-respect.

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PG-13, 92 min.

Directed by: Robert J. Emery

Release Date: December 31, 2002

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DVD Release Date: March 21, 2006

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  • jamilyn0276
    July 14, 2009
    jamilyn0276
    Oh the things you will sit and watch when you can't sleep. ...
    Swimming Upstream is the coming of age tale of a 17 year old boy from Rhode Island. Star of the soccer team, Dead mother, alcoholic father, can't get his girlfriend to deflower him, and then he finds out he has Leuke...( read more)mia. Don't worry, it's gets all " After School Special " for a second, and then he pulls through.
    I like to watch B rate movies. Sometimes the B can stand for Brilliant or Bright, or the Best thing you have seen in awhile. Unfortunately for this waste of film, the B seemed to stand for Boring and just plain BAD.
    We all remember Ben Savage from Boy Meets World. He was sort of cute in that show, and he is sort of charming in this film. That is the half of a star. The rest of the cast, seriously needs to reconsider if acting is what they are best suited for. Michael Moriarty, who is usually a decent actor, bored me to tears as Morris Sr. He was so monotone and flat, that I thought I was back in Algebra II with that horrid teacher who liked to put kids to sleep, rather than teach. Yuck.
    I think half of the people on Flixster must be high. Some of the reviews on this page actually said that this was a good and sad movie. On what planet?!
    Oh and the page is completely wrong. Surprise, surprise. This movie was released in 2002, not to be confused with the movie from 2003, that has the exact same title, Swimming Upstream, about the Australian swimmer Tony Fingleton. THAT movie starred Geoffry Rush, David Hoflin, Deborah Kennedy, and Brittany Brynes. The only correct actor on this movies Flixster page was Ben Savage. He should be up there with Matt Czuchry, Michael Moriarty, and Kelly Rutheford.
    Seriously people, pull your heads out of your asses, before you try to wax intellectual on things. Not that is really matters, THIS Swimming Upstream is still a huge failure.
  • brodyalex
    June 17, 2007
    brodyalex
    This is actually pretty good.
  • xsuhanax
    May 26, 2007
    xsuhanax
    this movie seems to be very good iam dieing to see it
  • flavin106
    May 6, 2007
    flavin106
    the main kid in this is now on house i think. hottiiiieeee
  • tarahcay
    April 13, 2007
    tarahcay
    I have never even heard of this movie whats it about!
  • mightbemightnot
    January 27, 2007
    mightbemightnot
    I like this movie its sad and cool

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