Swimming Upstream

The movie is set in the late 50's. I thought that the stroke looked historically correct. Most of the reviews say that it is a real bore, not well filmed, but that some of the acting is good. From what I have read, previews & reviews, I thought it sounded very stereotypical of Austrailian films. That is a drunk father, a suffering mother & young men overcoming the difficulties. Swimmers can be gay or straight. I know a group of 14 yr olds, )they aren't swimmers) they all seem to think that swimming is a gay sport. They are very negative about swimmers. It really surprised me because they live in a part of Illinois that has some pretty good high school swim teams. Monday night, the public t.v. station fromthe quad cities had a series of short movies. One was German. It had no dialogue. It was called "Swimming". It was about a butterflyer & the pool's cleaning woman. The guy doiing the stroke wasn't bad. It was not however, that great if a movie. I think if you can see it, try to.

The movie is set in the late 50's. I thought that the stroke looked historically correct. Most of the reviews say that it is a real bore, not well filmed, but that some of the acting is good. From what I have read, previews & reviews, I thought it sounded very stereotypical of Austrailian films. That is a drunk father, a suffering mother & young men overcoming the difficulties. Swimmers can be gay or straight. I know a group of 14 yr olds, )they aren't swimmers) they all seem to think that swimming is a gay sport. They are very negative about swimmers. It really surprised me because they live in a part of Illinois that has some pretty good high school swim teams. Monday night, the public t.v. station fromthe quad cities had a series of short movies. One was German. It had no dialogue. It was called "Swimming". It was about a butterflyer & the pool's cleaning woman. The guy doiing the stroke wasn't bad. It was not however, that great if a movie. I think if you can see it, try to.