Dive

The synopsis for this film is written in a shady way so when I watched this film I had no idea of what to expect apart from the focus was on a female divers goal to win an Olympic gold in Diving as it would be her last opportunity due to her age? The Real story is far more complex as the film subtly and to me in-an evasive way is about how the coach used his position to manipulate and abuse the young female divers for his own perverted satisfaction under the guise that he was their everything and to succeed and reach their potential they would need to embrace all that he taught and the ways in which he justified his actions!

The USA female gymnastics team sprang to mind whilst watching. Yes abuse is a sensitive subject in any circumstances to portray however this film was so subtle that I was nearly 45min into it before I realised that was the actual story. The acting is good but the story could have been approached and written a lot better than it was imo.