The Drowning is a 2016 thriller drama film directed by Bette Gordon and starring Josh Charles, Julia Stiles and Avan Jogia. An American-Hong Kong co-production, the film is based on Pat Barker's 2001 novel Border Crossing.
Plot The Drowning tells the story of a forensic psychologist haunted by his expert witness testimony that sent a young boy to prison for a chilling murder. When the boy later reappears in his life, he is drawn into a destructive, soul-searching reinvestigation of the case.
Cast Josh Charles as Tom Seymour Julia Stiles as Lauren Seymour Avan Jogia as Danny Miller Tracie Thoms as Angela John C. McGinley as Teddy Leo Fitzpatrick as Angus MacDonald Robert Clohessy as Captain Miller Jasper Newell as Young Danny Sam Lilja as Jeremy
Reception Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 43 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Simon Abrams of RogerEbert.com gave the film one star. Diego Semerene of Slant Magazine awarded the film half a star out of four.
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