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Critics Consensus: Swimming with Men touches on thought-provoking themes surrounding modern masculinity, but ultimately never manages to do much more than tread water.
Critic Consensus: Swimming with Men touches on thought-provoking themes surrounding modern masculinity, but ultimately never manages to do much more than tread water.
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There is nothing remarkable or consequential about it, but it's not a waste of time, either.
The ensemble work among the group of actors in Swimming With Men is very strong, with humorous asides, joshing, and banter that feels spontaneous (they are all very funny actors). But the film doesn't invest in them emotionally.
You don't need a pair of diving goggles to see where all this is going.
Although the film has no grand cinematic ambitions, its unsensationalized focus on these aging bodies invites welcome kindness.
Aiming for charm but instead coming across as hopelessly forced, Swimming with Men barely manages to stay afloat.
This film floats, but, like a synchro-swimmer doing the "egg beater" leg movement, it needs a fair bit of strenuous activity to keep it upright.
The film manages to send you off smiling after an endearing post script...
Between the shallow characters and the waterlogged script, the result is neither consistently amusing nor charming.
What it needs is writing worthy of Brydon's talents, giving the main attraction a cinematic playground to explore, not a yellow line of cliché to follow.
Warm but predictable, men drown their sorrows then almost drown training for the Synchronised Swimming World Championships; I wish Oliver Parker and Gilles Lellouche, director of this year's Sink Or Swim, had filmed both their men's teams at the same one.
Proof that there will always be an England. And it'll always be a tad twee.
It never outstrips The Full Monty, but for those looking for a gentle tale with an unashamedly romantic streak, this film should float your boat.
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