[2] It stars Tilda Swinton, Goran Visnjic, Jonathan Tucker and Josh Lucas and was released by Fox Searchlight Pictures.

She herself runs the household, which includes her three children and elderly father-in-law, as her Navy pilot husband is away on the aircraft carrier USS Constellation.

One day, she is startled to discover that her son Beau, a high school senior, has been having a sexual affair with 30-year-old Reno, Nevada, nightclub owner Darby Reese.

The film was shot on location in North Lake Tahoe area, including Kings Beach, Crystal Bay and Incline Village.

[8][9] Roger Ebert wrote The Deep End "is the kind of crime movie where the everyday surroundings make the violence seem all the more shocking and gruesome".

[8] In The New York Times, Elvis Mitchell said the film "is fastidious and smart, and Ms. Swinton's fixated intensity isn't ever remote; we're always aware of how deeply she's feeling.

[10] Stephanie Zacharek of Salon commented "Visnjic adds gradual layers to his performance; its depth and resonance smolder like glowing charcoal", and praised the film's visuals, cinematography, and use of noir elements.

[9] She concluded The Deep End "is completely modern-feeling, all cool and no camp, but it's still refreshingly unapologetic about the way it taps into those secret moviegoing parts of us".