Swimming with Men

Swimming with Men is a 2018 British sports comedy-drama film starring Rob Brydon, Jane Horrocks, Rupert Graves, Daniel Mays, Thomas Turgoose, Jim Carter, Adeel Akhtar and Charlotte Riley.

[2][3] Screenwriter Aschlin Ditta based the script on the 2010 Swedish documentary Men Who Swim.

Joining his local team, Eric finds brotherhood in this crew as they train for the World Championships in Milan.

The scenes from the championship competition were filmed at the 25 x 50 metre pool in Basildon Sporting Village.

The website's consensus reads: "Swimming with Men touches on thought-provoking themes surrounding modern masculinity, but ultimately never manages to do much more than tread water.