Sink or Swim
StudioCanal | Release Date: September 27, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Screen DailyAllan HunterOct 10, 2019
Sink Or Swim works because of a screenplay with some genuinely funny moments and a jaunty, confident approach from Lellouche that displays his sure comic timing and faith in the performers. Read full review
60
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisSep 26, 2019
A gentle, genial dip into a pool of midlife despair. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyOct 10, 2019
The humor is sometimes strained, and Lellouche doesn't always demonstrate the lightest of touches. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 29, 2019
It’s well-acted and broadly sympathetic, but a time-killer of a comedy that kills too much time for its own good. Read full review
40
VarietyGuy LodgeOct 10, 2019
The reliably charismatic work of its players, notably ringleader Mathieu Amalric, keeps this somewhat soggy macaron diverting. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesOct 10, 2019
Veering between sentimental and salty, philosophical and goofy, writer/director Gilles Lellouche’s Gallic stab at a “Full Monty”-style uplifter is too waterlogged with the genre’s well-worn staples (training comedy, bite-sized humiliations) and too uninterested in story/character details (turning paunchy mopers into athletic competitors) to offer anything truly refreshing about the solution to middle-aged dejection. Read full review
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