I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

15-year-old Mike takes a job at the local swimming baths, where he becomes obsessed with an attractive young woman, Susan, who works there as an attendant. Although Susan has a fiancé, Mike does his best to sabotage the relationship, to the extent of stalking both her and her fiancé. Mike becomes increasingly desperate to have Susan for himself, with tragic results. A boring 70's forgettable film starring a bunch of untalented actors in horrible roles that make for a horrible and even more forgettable set of perfomances in the end. (0/10)

This is a drama film that's set in London and stars John Moulder-Brown as 15-year-old Mike, who works at a swimming pool. He's strongly attracted to his hot colleague Susan (played by Jane Asher). She's several years older than him - and is promiscuous and very manipulative. It's very well-written and acted. I don't know why it's not well-known.

Jerzy Skolimowski's cult classic now restored to its former beauty is certainly one to treasure. Most of the film was shot in Munich, though this is very much about Britain in the 70s. Actors like Diana Dors playing a character who fantasises about football while having sex, Jane Asher as a flirty young madam in a mini skirt and good old Burt Kwouk selling hot dogs. Along the way it confirms that many of the best films about Britain (Blow Up, Cul De Sac, The Ruling Class) are made by Johnny Foreigner. With its primary colours, careful compositions and sharply angled photography it doesn't look British. Even the soundtrack is from the Teutonic legend known as Can. It all melds wonderfully to produce a telling snapshot of the period, and a lot more besides

15 year old Mike (John Moulder-Brown) gets a job as a towel boy in a seedy British bath house. He becomes obsessed with co worker Susan (Jane Asher) who seems to egg him on but she has two boyfriends of her own. He becomes more and more obsessed and it leads to a disturbing ending.Depressing and dirty (you feel like taking a shower after watching it) but undeniably powerful. There isn't one likable character in the film--Mike is obviously disturbed and Susan comes across as a real bitch--but you can't stop watching. The imagery, the acting and clever mixtures of sound had me mesmerized. Asher has a risky role playing a horrible woman who's teasing a 15 year old and using two other guys but she does manage to show that she isn't totally evil. However Moulder-Brown really holds the entire movie together. He was 19 when he did this (and looks it) but he convincingly acts like a 15 year old boy who can't control his lust for an older woman. Also both of them have nude scenes but they're not the least bit erotic. However they ARE necessary for the integrity of the story. Also Diana Dors is very funny in a small cameo as a woman who REALLY likes football! I can honestly say I'll probably never see this again--it's WAY too depressing--but I don't deny it's incredible to watch.