SummaryA group of 40-something guys, all on the verge of a mid-life crisis, decide to form their local pool's first every synchronized swimming team - for men. Braving the skepticism and ridicule of those around them, and trained by a fallen champion trying to pull herself together, the group set out on an unlikely adventure, and on the way will redisco... Read More
Directed By:Gilles Lellouche
Written By:Ahmed Hamidi, Julien Lambroschini, Gilles Lellouche
Sink or Swim
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Mixed or Average
47
User score
Generally Favorable
7.3
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Mixed or Average
17% Positive
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Oct 10, 2019
70
Sink Or Swim works because of a screenplay with some genuinely funny moments and a jaunty, confident approach from Lellouche that displays his sure comic timing and faith in the performers.
Oct 10, 2019
50
The humor is sometimes strained, and Lellouche doesn't always demonstrate the lightest of touches.
Sep 29, 2019
50
It’s well-acted and broadly sympathetic, but a time-killer of a comedy that kills too much time for its own good.
Oct 10, 2019
40
The reliably charismatic work of its players, notably ringleader Mathieu Amalric, keeps this somewhat soggy macaron diverting.
Oct 10, 2019
40
Veering between sentimental and salty, philosophical and goofy, writer/director Gilles Lellouche’s Gallic stab at a “Full Monty”-style uplifter is too waterlogged with the genre’s well-worn staples (training comedy, bite-sized humiliations) and too uninterested in story/character details (turning paunchy mopers into athletic competitors) to offer anything truly refreshing about the solution to middle-aged dejection.
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Generally Favorable
83% Positive
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Jul 25, 2020
9
A genuinely moving, funny and well-acted comedy. I generally don't watch foreign films, but this is damn fine
Jun 6, 2021
7
Es una disfrutable película francesa; la trama es divertida y a la vez dramática, las actuaciones son buenas y las escenas de natación están bien dirigidas; es una buena opción para pasar un rato agradable.
Production Company:
- Trésor Films
- Chi-Fou-Mi Productions
- Cool Industrie
- StudioCanal
- TF1 Films Production
- Artémis Productions
- VOO
- BE TV
- Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF)
- Shelter Prod
- Canal+
- Ciné+
- TF1
- C8
- Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
- Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge
- Soficinéma 5 Déveleloppement
- Cofinova Développement 3
- Agence Nationale de Gestion des Oeuvres Audiovisuelles (ANGOA)
- Taxshelter. be
Release Date:Sep 27, 2019
Duration:2 h 2 m
Tagline:Face your fears and dive in.
Awards
César Awards, France
• 1 Win & 10 Nominations
Globes de Cristal Awards, France
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Magritte Awards, Belgium
• 2 Nominations
