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Cinema

Shamelessly derivative and, worse, asks us to root for asshats: Swimming with Men reviewed

7 July 2018

9:00 AM

7 July 2018

9:00 AM

Swimming with Men is a British drama-comedy starring Rob Brydon as a disaffected middle-aged accountant who joins his local male synchronised-swimming team, doesn’t bond with any of his teammates, doesn’t learn about what matters in life, catches athlete’s foot plus several verrucas, then throws himself from a bridge. Of course, that isn’t this film, but if it were, it would be a film I hadn’t seen before.

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