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Swimming with Men

Country: UK, Language: English, 94 mins

  • Director: Oliver Parker
  • Writer: Aschlin Ditta
  • Producer: Stewart Le Marechal; Anna Mohr-Pietsch; Maggie Monteith

CGiii Comment

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water...at your local swimming pool!!! Beware: A mixed bag of badly-synchronized-men-swimming-badly are in-training...

British comedy at its most eccentric and very best...both daft and dark...this is an antidote to middle-aged, marriage-in-crisis, stuck-in-a-rut, near-to-broken, life-threatening-loneliness. And...the stars of this show are Rob Brydon and Oliver Parker...oh, and the editor [some of those transitions are - quite frankly - bloody marvellous].

Mr Brydon is - surprisingly - rather reserved throughout which is in-line with his mundanely-monotonous accounting character - well-observed, Mr Brydon. However, he does let-rip in the final minutes...with, as bizarre a conclusion that ever was...a heart-warming, crowd-pleasing, tear-inducing spectacle.

Mr Parker makes a [welcome] return to form, not seen in quite a while...this is familiar ground for Mr Parker...but, what sets Swimming with Men apart from his other 'light' comedies is...the artistry. There a few moments that will make you...gasp and think...perhaps, reflect. Men have been getting quite a bashing of late...well, this is a [very welocme] film that celebrates the man-child, his foibles, his humanity and his...vulnerability.

But...Beware, at your local swimming pool...there may be badly-synchronized-swimming-men-swimming-badly...in-training...a great wee film.


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The(ir) Blurb...

A man who is suffering a mid-life crisis finds new meaning in his life as part of an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team.

Cast & Characters

Rob Brydon as Eric Scott;
Jane Horrocks as Heather Scott;
Rupert Graves as Luke;
Charlotte Riley;
Jim Carter;
Daniel Mays as Colin;
Nathaniel Parker;
Thomas Turgoose as Tom;
Adeel Akhtar as Kurt;
Christian Rubeck