The Song of Sway Lake (2018)
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Critic Consensus: The Song of Sway Lake benefits from alluring, evocative atmosphere, although it isn't always enough to compensate for a shaggy narrative and overall lack of focus.
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as Ollie
as Heather
as Nikolai
as Isadora
as Charlie Sway
as Cook
as Marlena
as Jimmy
as Hal Sway
as Volunteer Fireman
as Biker Man
as Timmy Sway
as John Durant
as Angry Man
as Tweed McKay
as Ray
as Lifeguard
as Kirkham-Canoe Tourist
as Canoe Tourist
as Connie
as Heather's Friend
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In short, it's a mess -- an often lovely, atmospheric throwback with some clear personal flourishes, but a mess nonetheless.
The problem is that there's not much of a story to be enfolded by this atmosphere - or at least nothing that's compelling.
The attractiveness of the scenery, and a quiet, dignified performance by Ms. Peña in what could now be her last movie appearance, wind up being the main redeeming values here.
A clunky, lurching affair populated by barely sketched individuals who seem to be competing for a most-intolerable prize...
"The Song of Sway Lake" is full of good ideas that never quite coalesce into an actual movie.
Filmmaker Gold might have been better off keeping a tight focus on the sparring interchanges between Ollie and his grandmother, for what they tell us about past and present.
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