The Deep End
2001 · 101 min · Director: Scott McGehee, David Siegel
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With her husband perpetually away at work, a mother raises her children virtually alone. Her teenage son is testing the waters of the adult world, and early one morning she wakes to find the dead body of his gay lover on the beach of their rural lakeside home. What would you do? What is rational and what do you do to protect your child? How far do you go and when do you stop?
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The Deep End (2001) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 32%, Tension 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Tension, Empathy. Genres: Drama, Mystery, Crime. AI estimate.
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Cast
Dylan Hall
Sue Lloyd
BYD
Female Nurse
Jackie
Swan Girl (uncredited)
Placer County Detective (uncredited)
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Details
- Directed by
- Scott McGehee, David Siegel
- Written by
- Scott McGehee, David Siegel, Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2001
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Anxiety
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