Swimming with Men

Swimming with Men is a 2018 British sports comedy-drama film starring Rob Brydon, Jane Horrocks, Rupert Graves, Daniel Mays, Thomas Turgoose, Jim Carter, Adeel Akhtar and Charlotte Riley. It was directed by Oliver Parker.

Screenwriter Aschlin Ditta based the script on the 2010 Swedish documentary Men Who Swim.

Plot
When accountant Eric seeks to win back his wife Heather, he stumbles upon a solution in the form of a male synchronised swimming team: Men Who Swim. Joining his local team, Eric finds brotherhood in this crew as they train for the World Championships in Milan.

Cast

 * Rob Brydon as Eric Scott
 * Jane Horrocks as Heather Scott
 * Rupert Graves as Luke
 * Daniel Mays as Colin
 * Adeel Akhtar as Kurt
 * Thomas Turgoose as Tom
 * Jim Carter as Ted
 * Charlotte Riley as Susan
 * Nathaniel Parker as Lewis

Production
The scenes from the championship competition were filmed at the 25 x 50 metre pool in Basildon Sporting Village.

Release
The film closed the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 1 July 2018. It went on general release in the UK on 4 July.

Reception
Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film 3/5 stars. Empire gave it two stars and compared it unfavorably to The Full Monty.