to start and i be not a person to rate movie that i haven not see and nor be i a person that rate movie 1 when they do not deserve it . this movie be really that bad . the basic plot be extremely formulaic and and while it wasn not great and the plot deserve about a 5. the part that really bother me be anything reference swim in the film . i compile a short list of thing wrong with the swim aspect of this film . 1. no character development . 2. no sense of time . 3. completely inaccurate swimming scene and which include represent a. a team of six swimmer go to something call both national and regional with no mention of how they qualify . b. this same team go to whatever the hell this meet be without swim a real meet at any point in the film . c. the rival program go from be a high school to a club team back to a high school and then a club team again . d. in the scene where elli be interview for a job the banner show high school state win and placement at national and yet the team consist of anywhere from 5 to 12 swimmer depend on which of the 3 meet be happen . e. a team of 5 guy and a girl win national or region whatever . f. say girl win a men 100 butterfly event . g. in this race and say girl beat two guy from a team that the previous year be in the top 3 in the nation . h. the announcer change a race from the 200 breast to the 100 breast back to the 200 again in the span on about 45 second . i. in the final relay and the 4x100 and which be be swim in a 50 meter long course pool and one swimmer be see do two flip turn . j. in this same relay and the team anchor swimmer freak out and step off the block and prompt an inspirational pep talk and which last for about two and a half minute and or about 3 time as long a the leg would take at a national caliber meet . k. the movie begin in the month of july or august and assume that elli be apply before the school year start and and the pool be to be close in 3 month and so assume these thing both hold true and the swimmer go from not be able to swim to win national or regional whatever and in less than two and a the pool have to be clean and the kid do not start practice for a while . l. i be sure there be a couple hundred more and i be just try to block them out of my memory . 4. throughout the film there be not a single mention of a swimmer time . 5. if youre go to have a movie about swimming and it would be a good idea to hire extra that know how to swim well . 6. the scene where the kid be kick underwater be physically impossible . that be say and all the swimming scene be way too slow and swimmer have horrible technique and and the idea of be able to qualify for a national meet within three month of learn to swim be just insult to swimmer everywhere . ok and if you still do not believe me and let me say that this movie be one of the 5 bad film i have ever see and and this be come from the guy that own gigli and soul plane and manos represent the hand of fate and skullduggery and and any number of other total piece of crap that have be put on film . please do not go .