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Swimming with Men

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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

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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

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Production

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

Release

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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

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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

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References

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  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.
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