Pools (2025) (original) (raw)
In the midst of her whole life falling apart, Kennedy attempts to somehow reconnect with her dead father, searching for permission to live her own life within a wild pool-hopping escape through the elaborate estates of her college town.
In the midst of her whole life falling apart, Kennedy attempts to somehow reconnect with her dead father, searching for permission to live her own life within a wild pool-hopping escape through the elaborate estates of her college town. (less)
Director: Sam Hayes
Starring: Odessa A�zion, Ariel Winter, Mason Gooding, Michael Vlamis, Tyler Alvarez, Francesca Noel
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Review by Brian Orndorf, August 20, 2025
8 / 10
Writer/director Sam Hayes investigates the troubled heart of a wayward college student in �Pools,� which represents his feature-length filmmaking debut. He�s not breaking new ground with the endeavor, following the low impulse control of a young woman going through plenty of things as she seeks to cool off during an impossibly hot day without access to air conditioning, seeking relief for more than just heat-related issues. The material is something of a �Breakfast Club� riff in the way it investigates a group dynamic of characters attempting to communicate with one another, but Hayes remains ...read more...
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