Swinging With the Finkels

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Par H @Parhwy Apr 21 Swinging with the Finkels (2011) is an 82-minute-long British romcom. Martin Freeman freed my hand to watch this instead of finishing Mope (I will finish Mope, it's just a hard watch). Co-starring Mandy Moore, I could not like this movie less (not because of her, despite). Freeman as Alvin is scripted appallingly. It is gauche that this film post-dates #metoo by 5 years; it feels like it comes from the era before. And I say this not to be moralising, I say so because the film seems to be trying to make Freeman out to be a good, nice guy. He is not. His scripting at times is embarrassing, even to me, a twice-divorced human being. The fact that Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus is featured is all you need to know. And the swinging part? It’s laughed at, not with. I laughed once, and only because I can relate to teeth fetishism. Also, bogan M. George? Mate. Even London looked bland and mediocre. Rewatch? No. Recommend? No. 3/10. See more 12/30/2019 Quite funny actually. See more 04/20/2016 Some okay bits in this light hearted comedy but as a whole there's not much to recommend this See more 07/23/2015 Never outstanding, but certainly a watchable comedy with a few good moments before the crux of the plot begins, after that it gets a little more generic. See more 03/31/2015 Can't believe I sat through this, nearly gave up on it very early on. Melissa George is especially horrid in this one. Lost half a star for the scene of her with her breast pump. Character is also crude, vulgar and repellant. Mandy Moore fares a little better, but she and the husband have zero chemistry. He looks like her father in the flashbacks of them dating. And wouldn't you know it, my all time "favourite" happy ending in the movie. That one never gets old. See more 10/03/2014 When the film's funniest moment is Angus Deayton asking for an Anal Blast cocktail then you know you are in for a rough ride. Cliched and an utter waste of time. See more Read all reviews

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