It's a film for blokes who seek a bit of undemanding light entertainment.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 22, 2019

It's a sweet idea for a comedy, and it almost convinces you that it's as funny as it wants to be...It's hard to pick what's missing, but something certainly is.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 14, 2019

There is nothing remarkable or consequential about it, but it's not a waste of time, either.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 11, 2018

The ensemble work among the group of actors in Swimming With Men is very strong, with humorous asides, joshing, and banter that feels spontaneous (they are all very funny actors). But the film doesn't invest in them emotionally.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 7, 2018

You don't need a pair of diving goggles to see where all this is going.

| Dec 6, 2018

Although the film has no grand cinematic ambitions, its unsensationalized focus on these aging bodies invites welcome kindness.

| Dec 6, 2018

Aiming for charm but instead coming across as hopelessly forced, Swimming with Men barely manages to stay afloat.

| Dec 4, 2018

Not much in the current film makes sense.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 9, 2018

It's easy to lose patience with Eric's particular problems, the result of a lack of self-awareness.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 8, 2018

Yes, synchronised swimming has finally got the comedy that nobody thought it needed.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 6, 2018

It isn't as funny as we want it to be but Swimming With Men does eventually deliver the rousing finale that we always know it will.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 5, 2018

Swimming With Men is let down by slight characterisation, by-the-numbers plotting and heavy-handed jokes that desperately need arm bands. A missed opportunity.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 5, 2018

Feel-good is declared the winning tone within minutes. The rest of the film is just splashing around in the shallow end.

| Jul 5, 2018

The film is prosaically directed by Parker, and while Brydon can be a wonderful, understated actor, he can't bring depth to Eric because Eric has no depths, and he can't bring life to a script that is neither trenchant nor witty.

| Jul 5, 2018

There's a throwback quality to Swimming with Men, an ensemble Britcom that's near-unthinkable without the success 20 years ago of The Full Monty.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 5, 2018

Most of the beats are predictable... What gives it depth is that it's loosely based on a true story

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 5, 2018

This film floats, but, like a synchro-swimmer doing the "egg beater" leg movement, it needs a fair bit of strenuous activity to keep it upright.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 5, 2018

You need a sense of humour like a charity shop, bursting with good will, to laugh at Swimming with Men.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 4, 2018

Once you get past the novelty of seeing a bunch of blokes flailing about in swimwear, the comedy seems a little thin (which is more than you can say for many of the cast).

| Jul 2, 2018