
David's life is on the slide: he's in the middle of a divorce, broke and 'can't get it up'. His girlfriend, Alice, is his rock, but the magazine she writes for is going down and the pressure is on to find a story. While job hunting online, David stumbles across the perfect antidote to his boredom: a 'Swingers' site. The resulting inbox of lewd invitations on the home-laptop justifiably upsets Alice, until she realises this could be just the 'story' she needs. The idea of unco... (Full plot summary below)
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David's life is on the slide: he's in the middle of a divorce, broke and 'can't get it up'. His girlfriend, Alice, is his rock, but the magazine she writes for is going down and the pressure is on to find a story. While job hunting online, David stumbles across the perfect antidote to his boredom: a 'Swingers' site. The resulting inbox of lewd invitations on the home-laptop justifiably upsets Alice, until she realises this could be just the 'story' she needs. The idea of uncovering the swinging scene causes quite a stir in Alice's office and, much to David's chagrin, she is urged to pursue the story. Their first reluctant foray is an hysterically low-rent initiation, however, an unexpected upturn for David's manhood is all the extra encouragement they need. As events accelerate beyond their control the once adoring couple become lost and fundamental questions are asked of their relationship and them as individuals. In darkness, touched by many others, they will have to find themselves or lose each other forever. SWUNG is a graphic, touching and funny drama about the secret underside of a very modern relationship taken to its emotional and sexual limits.
Leave your thoughts about Swung.
| The ListHannah McGillIt's sleek, funny, and honest about life's discomforts. |
| GuardianLeslie FelperinThis British drama takes an admirable risk in trying to make a serious film about the contemporary swinging scene without resorting to either juvenile sniggering or censoriousness. |
| Independent (UK)Geoffrey MacnabThis Scottish-made "swingers" film, based on a novel by Ewan Morrison, has some intriguing elements but is undermined by its shifts in tone and approach. |
| Daily Mail (UK)Brian VinerIndifferent acting and writing made me want to swing in a different direction altogether . . . towards the exit. |
| Times (UK)Kevin MaherEwan Morrison's nuanced and thoughtful debut novel Swung is mostly de-fanged in this tentative, trepidatious, big-screen adaptation. |
| Alternative LensJennifer HeatonThe plot feels unfocused, with various threads unresolved and the moods of our main characters flit on a dime between scenes. |
| ScotsmanAlistair HarknessA dull and mostly dour affair, enlivened not one bit by groaning - pun fully intended - descents into kinkiness and smutty innuendo. |