Yesterday I got the chance to watch the new supernatural horror/thriller called Night Swim, but by the time the film revealed its main plot point, it had NOTHING to do with night or swimming. Night Swim was brought to us by the producers behind M3GAN and The Nun, which were also very underwhelming and overrated. Blumhouse is the company behind this, so my interest was peaked. I thought this film had great potential because it had two elements that scared the shit out of me….Water and The Dark. Can yall believe at my big grown age of 35 I can’t swim and am still afraid of the dark lol. In the cold opening of this film, we see a little girl who looks to be about eight or nine, she’s looking for a toy boat in the pool. She goes to reach for it, and I already knew she was going somehow to fall in, which she did. I wasn’t sure where they were going with this, but after her being pulled in and we get the title card, I knew they’d eventually circle back at some point. After the title card w
Let’s start with the main character Princess. I loved seeing Princess go from rags to riches, but it seemed to happen very quickly without much depth. They seemed to introduce a little bit of her background, but didn't use it as a plot device to build her character up in a realistic way. I felt like the writing could have been a little stronger in regards to the subplot of her best friend needing to get away from her pimp. A plot hole I noticed was that it was never addressed that her best friend was sleeping with her brother! 
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