#60, 6/30 – Swimmers (2005) (vod)

You know, towards the end of this film Merrill (the always awesome Sarah Paulson) says, as plain as can be, “I’m kind of a nut, Emma”. And, really, how can I not like a movie which such an admission at least a little?

And I definitely have some small fondness for it, largely because of the dynamic duo of Paulson and Cherry Jones. Its tone and approach make me think of it as a solid, if unspectacular, relation to my beloved Housekeeping. It’s a weird association in a sense, since the films have very different stories (though some of the themes are similar, come to think of it) but once the connection came into my head I couldn’t shake it loose.