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  • 2019
  • levelFILM
  • 2 h 1 m
  • 2019
  • levelFILM
  • 2 h 1 m
Sink or Swim

Summary A 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 wil...

Directed By: Gilles Lellouche

Written By: Ahmed Hamidi, Julien Lambroschini, Gilles Lellouche

  • 2019
  • levelFILM
  • 2 h 1 m
  • 2019
  • levelFILM
  • 2 h 1 m

Sink or Swim

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary A 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 wil...

Directed By: Gilles Lellouche

Written By: Ahmed Hamidi, Julien Lambroschini, Gilles Lellouche

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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
47
17% Positive
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0% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
47
17% Positive
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83% Mixed
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0% Negative
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70
Oct 10, 2019
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.
By Allan Hunter FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 26, 2019
A gentle, genial dip into a pool of midlife despair.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 10, 2019
The humor is sometimes strained, and Lellouche doesn't always demonstrate the lightest of touches.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 29, 2019
It’s well-acted and broadly sympathetic, but a time-killer of a comedy that kills too much time for its own good.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 10, 2019
The reliably charismatic work of its players, notably ringleader Mathieu Amalric, keeps this somewhat soggy macaron diverting.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 10, 2019
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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Production Company Trésor Films, Chi-Fou-Mi Productions, Cool Industrie, StudioCanal, TF1 Films Production, Artémis Productions, VOO, BE TV, Shelter Prod, Canal+, Ciné+, TF1, C8, Taxshelter. be, 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)
Release Date Sep 27, 2019
Duration 2 h 1 m
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Tagline Face your fears and dive in.
Website https://www.hakkadistribution.com/hakka-film/le-grand-bain/
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Awards

César Awards, France
• 1 Win & 10 Nominations
Globes de Cristal Awards, France
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Magritte Awards, Belgium
• 2 Nominations

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