Swimming with Sharks

 (1995)


  • User Rating 17 votes
  • Critics Rating 13 critics
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User Reviews

Great Movie
Sep 04, 2006
yanagine1 - yahoo.com
THe critics who called this dark and sometimes distrubing movie hilarious need to wonder about themseleves. Don't get me wrong, Swimming with sharks is a very good movie, but I didn't find it funny at all. Kevin Spacey plays one of... Full review
Not Funny; However a good plot
Sep 04, 2006
sportznut05 - yahoo.com
I was really looking for a comedy to cheer me up, but instead I got a drama that actually had a pretty decent plot. The reason for the C- is it wasn't very funny.... Full review
thought it was gonna be funny
Sep 04, 2006
sweetvoodew - yahoo.com
This movie was a disapointment the charecters were unlikable.I did watch the whole thing and the funny part was when the tabasco sauce was put into paper cuts.... Full review
Dark but well acted
Aug 27, 2006
wrlang - imdb.com
Swimming with Sharks was an earlier work of Spacey and perhaps one of his better efforts in acting. Many of his other roles are rather sedate and reserved such as KPAX or Se7en, but this one is more like his... Full review
I need some cotton balls for my ears
Jul 26, 2006
action9jackson - yahoo.com
... made my ears bleed. Not really, but I did not like this movie at all. I stuck it out to watch Kevin but I eventually turned it off. I hope you don't go out and rent this movie, save your... Full review
One of the best artistic commentaries on the professional world
Jul 22, 2006
Brandt Sponseller - imdb.com
This film would be worth watching just for Kevin Spacey's portrayal of the ultimate boss from hell, Buddy Ackerman, but there's also much more than that going on. Ostensibly a damning look at the inner workings of the film business,... Full review
Why is this so enjoyable?
Jun 01, 2006
Mike Keating - imdb.com
Swimming with Sharks sees Guy (Frank Whaley) attempt to "turn the tables" on his abusive boss Buddy (Kevin Spacey), and while this makes the film simple and unoriginal in terms of plot, it is a cut above the rest thanks... Full review
very good film.
Oct 08, 2005
gossip95 - yahoo.com
swimming with sharks is a very good film, a dark look at hollywood through the struggle of a young mans troubles with a producer.This film deserves much more credit,spacey was great here in this film as well as whaley, its just... Full review
This Is Why Spacey Is A Star
Oct 08, 2005
englentine - yahoo.com
The acting is out freaking standing. Spacey will make you laugh and cringe all at the same time with his tirades and how he tears into his assisstant ( Frank Whaley ). I have read stories and this is not an... Full review
Though flawed, still outstanding
Oct 08, 2005
fongerman666 - yahoo.com
The plot basis may seem sophmoric; the idea of getting back at one's boss, it is executed outstandingly. Many have criticized the movie for its ending, but it is the perfect way to end this particular film. Kevin Spacey's acting is... Full review

Critics Reviews

| Jun 07, 2005
DVD Talk
It's sarcastic, abusive, aggressive, and pretty darn bleak.....For a comedy, it's pretty darn bleak.....If all you remember of this film is Kevin Spacey screaming his head off, you owe it to yourself to give the flick a second spin.....Swimming with Sharks feels like real-life angst and well-earned frustration as poured out into screenplay form.....Regardless of which audio track you choose, expect to hear Spacey's bombastic bellowings in fine aural form..... ... Full Review
| Apr 02, 2000
wafflemovies.com
The film is a fantastic combination of dark comedy and drama.....become tired after half of the movie....Kevin Spacey is absolutely fabulous as the meglomaniacal studio executive who seems to take pleasure in berating Guy.....However, Spacey's scenes, where he belittles and berates Guy, are hilarious..... ... Full Review
| Apr 06, 1996
Los Angeles Times
Swimming With Sharks" could turn into an in-joke wallow for disgruntled Hollywood types but the joke really isn't all that funny. As fascinatingly repellent as it is, "Swimming With Sharks" takes out its Hollywood hatred in ways that seem absurdly overwrought. ... Full Review
| Nov 03, 1995
San Francisco Chronicle
Swimming With Sharks,'' despite its attempt to be wicked and hiply fun, is ultimately just tiring as it pits people against one another. Spacey's such a lively talent that he nearly succeeds in keeping the story of a predatory movie mogul and his victimized assistant's audacious revenge from caving in on itself. ... Full Review

eFilmCritic.com
You are here for me ," Spacey takes such palpable delight in being a suave hard-ass that it's impossible not to like him. Spacey makes us see how idealism can calcify, over years of disappointment and stress, into cynicism, self-hatred, cruelty. ... Full Review

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