
Notes on a Scandal(2006)
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.


“His biggest fan just became his worst nightmare.”
Ben Cronin has it all: the admiration of his many friends, a terrific girlfriend, and he's on the fast-track to an athletic scholarship. Ben's rock-solid, promising future and romance are turned upside-down with the arrival of Madison Bell. Madison, the new girl in town, quickly sets her sights on the impressionable Ben. While their first few meetings are innocent enough, the obsessive and seductive Madison wants more ... much more.

Jesse Bradford
Ben Cronin

Erika Christensen
Madison Bell

Shiri Appleby
Amy Miller

Kate Burton
Carla Cronin

Jason Ritter
Randy

Peter Hermann
ER Doctor

Dan Hedaya
Coach Simkins

Nick Sandow
Detective John Zabel

Clayne Crawford
Josh

Phyllis Somerville
Aunt Gretchen Christopher
Swimfan is a thriller, mystery, romance, drama film released in 2002 exploring themes of infidelity, high school, coma, competition, obsession, bathing. Directed by John Polson, it stars Jesse Bradford, Erika Christensen, Shiri Appleby. Ben Cronin has it all: the admiration of his many friends, a terrific girlfriend, and he's on the fast-track to an athletic scholarship. Ben's rock-solid, promising future and romance are turned upside-down with the arrival of Madison Bell. Madison, the new girl in town, quickly sets her sights on the impressionable Ben. While their first few meetings are innocent enough, the obsessive and seductive Madison wants more ... much more.
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