Ned Merrill is a wealthy, middle-aged man. He decides to travel from swimming pool to swimming pool so he must confront several women who have complex relationships with him.
Beautifully shot and executed, the effort is generous with disturbing, puzzling behavior, yet wise enough to provide clear clues to aid interpretation.
As effectively as almost any movie ever made about American suburbia, The Swimmer gets the contentment that comes with material success[...] And it gets how the fantasy is hard to sustain.
