Swimming with Men
Theatrical release poster
Directed byOliver Parker
Screenplay byAschlin Ditta
Based onAllt flyter
Produced by
  • Stewart 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 byVertigo Releasing[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 sports comedy-drama 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 seeks to win back his wife Heather, 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 the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 54% of 46 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "Swimming with Men touches on thought-provoking themes surrounding modern masculinity, but ultimately never manages to do much more than tread water."[6] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 44 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[7]

Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film 3/5 stars.[2] Empire gave it two stars and compared it unfavorably to The Full Monty.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Swimming with Men (UK)". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ^ a b Bradshaw, Peter (5 July 2018). "Swimming With Men review – Rob Brydon dives in at the deep end". The Guardian.
  3. ^ "Swimming With Men review: Isn't as funny as we want it to be". The Independent. 4 July 2018. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022.
  4. ^ Hans, Simran (8 July 2018). "Swimming With Men review – Rob Brydon takes the plunge". The Guardian.
  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 5 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Swimming with Men". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  8. ^ Beardsworth, Liz (5 July 2018). "Swimming with Men review". Empire.

External links

Films directed by Oliver Parker
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