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The Midnight Swim
When their mother goes missing in Spirit Lake, three half-sisters travel home to settle her affairs. The youngest sister, June, a documentary filmmaker, captures their bittersweet homecoming. As they settle back into her house, Isa takes up with June';;;s ex-crush Josh while several strange occurrences happen after they jokingly summon the ghost of a local legend. As the questions mount, the family begins to unravel and June finds herself drawn deeper into the true mystery of the lake.
21 September 1980, New York City, New York, USA
26 February 1968, Kingston, New York, USA
8 September 1979, Massachusetts, USA
18 September 1949, Gadsden, Alabama, USA
27 July 1984, Pasadena, California, USA
22 December 1973, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
June 29, 2015
The Midnight Swim is a low and slow success story that lingers far after the credits roll, washing over viewers with waves of sincerity.June 24, 2015
Burdge, Lafleur, and Palladino are effortlessly believable as sisters, but that only makes it a shame that the script doesn't take fuller advantage of their innate chemistry.June 23, 2015
In her debut feature, Smith is careful to toe the line between skepticism and belief, never allowing us to fully dismiss or embrace the mystic elements.May 22, 2015
Lose the found footage-ish angle and this is a marvelous descent into myth and possible madness.November 24, 2014
In addition to eliciting solid performances from her cast, Smith has assembled a thoroughly professional film on a small budget.June 25, 2015
The pieces don't entirely cohere, but Ms. Smith has a promising sensibility.October 28, 2015
...its slow burn is so slow that it tries the patience...May 22, 2015
The three actresses display a realistic camaraderie, but their characters are insufficiently actualized to achieve adequate differentiation.June 28, 2015
The relationship among the three sisters is THE MIDNIGHT SWIM's greatest strength - Palladino, Lafleur and Burdge are so believably family.February 03, 2015
Those seeking scares will be disappointed, but if a lovely little story beside a beautiful lake is enough for you, you won't leave unsatisfied.June 25, 2015
The family drama unfolds more like a mystery, gradually revealing a dynamic fraught with emotional trauma.May 22, 2015
Swim is, among other things, a movie about sisters, who actually seem like sisters...This may seem like a small thing, but it's an aspect of filmmaking that's ignored often enough to be noteworthy when it's not.