The Big Bad Swim (2006)

The Big Bad Swim: Directed by Ishai Setton. With Paget Brewster, Jeff Branson, Jess Weixler, Raviv Ullman. A group of Connecticut locals enroll in an adult-education beginner’s swim class.

“This is an excellent film about the characters in a adult swimming class, their problems, relationships and interactions with each other. It should have managed a wider distribution as itu0026#39;s much better than similar films from major studios out at the same time.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe swimming instructor is an almost-Olympian, reduced to teaching adults basic lessons, and often the target of horndogging from his female students. He attempts, more or less, to fend them off, with varying results.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe students characters are mainstream U.S.A; teachers, policemen, college students and retired people, all of whom havenu0026#39;t learned to swim for some reason. The movie covers their relationships, including friends, relatives and romantic conquests as they go through the class. Several subplots provide amusing fodder, including a teacher going through a divorce, some high school students making a documentary, and a girl who is only in the class to meet guys.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is a good date movie, or just one to watch when youu0026#39;re in the mood for a romantic drama with overtones of reality.”