Swimming with Men

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Swimming with Men
Directed byOliver Parker
Screenplay byAschlin Ditta
Based onAllt flyter
Produced byStewart Le Marechal
Anna Mohr-Pietsch
Maggie Monteith
Starring
CinematographyDavid Raedeker
Edited byLiana Del Giudice
Music byCharlie Mole
Production
companies
  • Met Film Production
  • Dignity Film Finance
  • Shoebox Films
  • Amp Film
  • Kerris Films
  • Umedia
Distributed byGEM Entertainment
Vertigo Films[1]
Release date
  • 6 July 2018 (2018-07-06) (United Kingdom)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Swimming with Men is a 2018 British comedy film starring Rob Brydon, Jane Horrocks, Rupert Graves, Daniel Mays, Thomas Turgoose, Jim Carter, Adeel Akhtar and Charlotte Riley. It was directed by Oliver Parker.[2][3]

Screenwriter Aschlin Ditta based the script on the 2010 Swedish documentary Men Who Swim.[4]

Plot[]

When accountant Eric (Brydon) seeks to win back his wife Heather (Horrocks), he stumbles upon a solution in the form of a male synchronised swimming team: Men Who Swim. Joining his local team, Eric finds brotherhood in this crew as they train for the World Championships in Milan.

Cast[]

Production[]

The scenes from the championship competition were filmed at the 25 x 50 metre pool in Basildon Sporting Village.

Release[]

The film closed the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 1 July 2018. It went on general release in the UK on 4 July.[5]

Reception[]

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a score of 54% based on reviews from 46 critics.[6] The site's consensus states: "Swimming with Men touches on thought-provoking themes surrounding modern masculinity, but ultimately never manages to do much more than tread water."

Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film 3/5.[2] Empire gave it two stars and compared it unfavorably to The Full Monty.[7]

See also[]

  • Allt flyter, a similar film from 2008
  • Sink or Swim, a similar film from 2018

References[]

  1. ^ "Swimming with Men-UK Box Office". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ^ a b Swimming With Men review The Guardian, 5 July 2018
  3. ^ "Swimming With Men review: Isn't as funny as we want it to be". Independent.co.uk. 4 July 2018.
  4. ^ Swimming with Men review The Guardian, Simran Hans, 8 July 2018
  5. ^ "News: Release Date Confirmed For Swimming With Men Starring Rob Brydon". Beyond The Joke. 2 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Swimming With Men". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  7. ^ Swimming with Men review Empire Online

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