It opts, in turn, for a Hollywood-esque correct esthetic, lacking in surprises and assuming an air of stubborn solemnity. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jan 30, 2024

Night Swim might be the first movie to star a haunted pool, but its story beats are interchangeable with any other horror movie in the microgenre of kindly fathers turning mean after a real estate–based possession.

| Jan 13, 2024

There comes a point where it almost feels as if McGuire was making it up as he went along. So little of this thriller make sense that it’s impossible for it to generate a lasting emotional impact.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 7, 2024

McGuire, who executed a trial run of this concept with a 2014 short film, knows exactly what he’s doing, scene after scene, especially when it comes to the deliciously sadistic grammar of suspense.

| Jan 6, 2024

Night Swim eventually runs out of places to go, but not before it weds some sneaky character development to a few good, solid jump moments. It might not find an audience, but it deserves one.

| Jan 6, 2024

Night Swim effectively exploits primal fears around water, but its comedy and horror chops aren’t strong enough to keep it from drowning in its more clichéd elements.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jan 6, 2024

While diverting enough for its forgiving 98-minute runtime, Night Swim neither sinks nor floats. It just wades in the waters of “whatever.”

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 5, 2024

Producers Jason Blum and James Wan, both horror titans, once again show they know how to freak audiences out while maintaining a sly sense of humor.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 5, 2024

For the most part... this feature version of “Night Swim” further demonstrates the truism that longer is rarely better when it comes to movies. The original was short, sharp and shocking.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 5, 2024

The movie seems destined to sink quickly to the bottom of our cultural memory and, like a few swimmers in this demented pool, vanish altogether.

| Jan 5, 2024

Condon’s fierce yet heartfelt performance and the underwater sequences keep Night Swim treading water, but the high concept novelty wears out its welcome quickly for seasoned horror fans who’ve seen this scenario play out so many times before.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 4, 2024

Last-act let-down aside, this is a confident and creepy ghoul-in-the-pool horror that makes Bryce McGuire a filmmaker to watch. Wusses, bring armbands.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 4, 2024

The good news is you can bring the kids. When it comes time for swimming lessons next summer, there’s nothing they’ll remember from this that’ll make them afraid of the water.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 4, 2024

The worst movie I’ve seen in years.

| Original Score: 0.5/4 | Jan 4, 2024

As the mysteries behind the strange occurrences are slowly revealed, this underpowered horror film starts to drown in cliches and predictable plot twists.

| Jan 4, 2024

Nothing in Night Swim will change how you feel about horror, or even swimming, but it fulfils its brief with efficiency and style.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 4, 2024

It may be damning with faint praise to describe Night Swim as a solid movie, but horror fans know just how dark and deep the bottoms of their genre can be. We’ll take what McGuire has to offer every day of the week.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 4, 2024

As supernatural thrillers go, “Night Swim” is a quick dip — persuasively acted and quite effective in its first half, scattered and woozy in its second.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 4, 2024

It just never goes far enough with its ridiculousness to reach pure entertainment, and it certainly can’t be taken seriously enough to justify its melodrama.

| Jan 4, 2024

I can think of many, many better ways to usher in a new year than the very damp effort that is “Night Swim” — aren’t wet ghosts inherently more sad than scary? — but you play the hand you’re dealt.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 4, 2024