Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- sensual
- witty
- foreboding
- arthouse movie night
- summer evening
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film absorbing and visually arresting, with powerful performances and sumptuous psychological adult drama despite its soapy excesses.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The remote, sun-drenched island of Pantelleria confines Marianne, Paul, Harry, and Penelope within a charged vacation household.
The film pairs Mediterranean sunlight, swimming pools, music, and affluent leisure with jealousy, resentment, and danger.
Harry's unexpected arrival disrupts Marianne and Paul's retreat and revives unresolved emotional and sexual tensions.
Marianne's fame as a rock star and Harry's history within the music world influence the group's behavior and rivalries.
Films like A Bigger Splash, and why
Swimming Pool
shared erotic thriller structure, Mediterranean setting, sexual jealousy, and corrosive interpersonal tension
The Talented Mr. Ripley
shared sun-drenched European setting, adult romantic entanglements, class tension, and simmering psychological unease
The Souvenir
shared vacation setting, volatile desire, relationship conflict, and upscale psychological drama
Movie Details
- Director
- Luca Guadagnino
- Release Date
- 2015-11-26
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (874)
Cast
- Tilda Swinton
- Matthias Schoenaerts
- Ralph Fiennes
- Dakota Johnson
- Corrado Guzzanti
- Alessandro Ferrara
- David Maddalena
- Salvatore Gabriele
- Livio Franco Blandino
- Aurore Clément
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is A Bigger Splash about?
- On a remote Italian island, a rock star's restorative holiday becomes a volatile collision of old desire, jealousy, and danger.
- What is A Bigger Splash like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of A Bigger Splash as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is A Bigger Splash violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in A Bigger Splash as moderate.
- What did critics think of A Bigger Splash?
- Critics broadly found the film absorbing and visually arresting, with powerful performances and sumptuous psychological adult drama despite its soapy excesses.
- Which films are like A Bigger Splash?
- Films with a similar feel include Swimming Pool, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and The Souvenir.
- How long is A Bigger Splash?
- A Bigger Splash runs 125 minutes.
- Where can I watch A Bigger Splash?
- In United States, A Bigger Splash is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
