A Bigger Splash

2015

Action / Crime / Drama / Music / Mystery / Thriller

61
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 58% · 184 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 58% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 36175 36.2K

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Plot summary

An American couple, Paul and Marianne, spend their vacation in Italy and experience trouble when Marianne invites a former lover and his teenage daughter to visit, which leads to jealousy and dangerous sexual scenarios.

Director

Luca Guadagnino Photo
Luca Guadagnino

Top cast

Ralph Fiennes Photo
Ralph Fiennes as Harry Hawkes
Dakota Johnson Photo
Dakota Johnson as Penelope Lannier
Tilda Swinton Photo
Tilda Swinton as Marianne Lane
Matthias Schoenaerts Photo
Matthias Schoenaerts as Paul De Smedt
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909.85 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
2 hr 5 min
Seeds 5
1.89 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
2 hr 5 min
Seeds 25

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Avwillfan89 7 / 10

Sexual + Tension.

Luca Guadagnino has a certain style that exudes pure unbridled sexuality, lavish Italian landscapes and tension between the characters. There's no doubt he's an accomplished filmmaker with an old-school Italian filmmaking style that people just love.This film introduces its four characters in various awkward and ambiguous ways. Harry is an extroverted and irritating highly talkative music producer trying to woo back Tilda Swinton's character Marianne, a famous rock star, who is in a relationship with Paul (Matthias Schoenaerts). Dakota Johnson plays Harry's (supposed) young blonde daughter, who is not always truthful about certain things.At several points throughout the film, the foursome strip completely nude to swim, sunbathe or sleep (Ralph Fiennes, exuding sexy dad energy, is the most fond of exposing himself when going in the water) And yet, in terms of inner life, soul and heart-speak, there is very little to show. There are a few flashbacks to show titbits of the relationship between characters, but not much else. Johnson's character is especially underwritten, and we don't get into that much of who she really is until the very end of the movie.As a result of the these people not being fleshed out, I wasn't able to connect with their struggles or wants.Stripping of the soul is far more intimate and alluring than the stripping of clothes.
Reviewed by davidgee 5 / 10

Bigger splash - biggest yawn

Rock-star Marianne (Tilda Swinton) is recuperating on an Italian island after throat surgery, with her film-maker lover (Mattias Schoenaerts) for company. Then an ex of hers turns up, loud and boozy record-producer Harry (Ralph Fiennes), with his nymphette daughter (Dakota Johnson). Marianne can only speak in whispers, but Harry could - and does - talk for England. The reunion rapidly turns from jolly reminiscence to sullen silences and naked confrontation.Emphasize the 'naked'. There are a lot of nude swimming scenes. Ralph Fiennes who, with or without his kit on, plays the whole movie in manic overdrive. Matthias and Dakota have lower-key roles and are easier to watch. Despite concert and studio flashbacks I never for a moment believed in Swinton as a rock goddess - she's meant to be a sort of female Bowie. Swinton, like a latter-day Katherine Hepburn, brings energy and a kind of dry mockery to most of her roles: admirable but not always likable.This is a remake of a 1969 French movie, LA PISCINE, which starred Alain Delon in the Schoenaerts role. There are strong echoes too of the identically titled 2003 Charlotte Rampling picture SWIMMING POOL, which had a similar slow-burning intensity. A BIGGER SPLASH has a cast of attractive people playing unattractive mind-games in a picturesque setting. Clever but boring.
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