Deep End

Deep End

If you can't have the real thing— you do all kinds of unreal things.

Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski

Produced by Maran Film, Kettledrum-Lownes Productions

197192 min7.0 / 10

A surreal, psychologically unsettling coming-of-age drama about adolescent obsession and the collision between fantasy and reality in swinging London.

London, England. Mike, a fifteen-year-old boy, gets a job in a bathhouse, where he meets Susan, an attractive young woman who works there as an attendant.

Questions people ask

  • Is Deep End sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Does Deep End end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Deep End scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Is Deep End easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Deep End violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

75/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity74

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise80

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love70

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Everything like Deep End, and what each one shares →

Like Deep End

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Deep End

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Deep End, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Deep End, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Deep End, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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