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Swimming for Gold

Swimming for Gold

Family · 2020

Young elite swimmer Claire is sent to Australia to coach a boys swimming team, where she must overcome an old rival and a secret fear to save the swimming camp from closing.

Movie details

Swimming for Gold

“Her first time coaching is their last chance to win”

2020 Family 1h 31m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.5 / 10

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Young elite swimmer Claire is sent to Australia to coach a boys swimming team, where she must overcome an old rival and a secret fear to save the swimming camp from closing.

CriticWise case file

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Hayley MacFarlane

Written by

Eric Bergemann

Peyton List

Peyton List

Claire Carpenter

Daniel Needs

Daniel Needs

Liam Henderson

Lauren Esposito

Lauren Esposito

Mikayla Michaels

Olivia Nardini

Olivia Nardini

Annabelle Shumpert

J

Johrel Martschinke

Cooper

Ray Chong Nee

Ray Chong Nee

Coach Bodhi

Martin Dingle Wall

Martin Dingle Wall

Calvin Carpenter

Court is in session

Put Swimming for Gold on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.