Swimming Upstream

Name: Swimming Upstream
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Released: February 4, 2005
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 58

2005

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation (MGM) | Release Date: February 4, 2005 | PG-13

Summary: Swimming Upstream tells the compelling and inspirational true story of Tony Fingleton, a young man form a troubled family who found the inner strength to become a champion swimmer. (MGM)

Director: Russell Mulcahy

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Sport

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 114 min

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Kevin Thomas

Swimming Upstream evokes time and place without being showy about it and offers an altogether invigorating experience. Read full review

David Sterritt

Rush and Davis shine, and the drama is engrossingly told until it turns sadly sentimental in the last minutes. Read full review

David Stratton

Distinguished by some unusually fine performances, but the lack of a satisfactory third act diminishes overall result. Read full review

Empire Dan Jolin

Geoffrey Rush and Judy Davis, predictably impressive in the roles of abusive, alcoholic dad and troubled-but-tough mum. Read full review

Marc Mohan

Its smallness of scale, and undemonstrative nature, could make it a welcome change of pace from Hollywood bombast, especially for fans of the life aquatic. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

The film begins as a delicate duet between Rush and Davis, but as Rush spirals out of control, his performance becomes a flashy, over-the-top solo akin to his hammy turns in "Shine" and "Quills." Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

Fingleton turned his own story into a feel-good fable; neither Martin McGrath's gorgeous cinematography nor the hypnotic score by Run Lola Run(1998) composers Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil's can compensate. Read full review

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Jan 3, 2006

This is the kind of manipulative, cynic and feel-good parable disguised as kind of "hallmark" movie. nor evocative nor sentimental but just cheesy and cheap. the manipulation of feelings is the worst part and it feels like any standarr movie from that channel. rush and davis are good (they This is the kind of manipulative, cynic and feel-good parable disguised as kind of "hallmark" movie. nor evocative nor sentimental but just cheesy and cheap. the manipulation of feelings is the worst part and it feels like any standarr movie from that channel. rush and davis are good (they must be) and all the madness of director`s point of view is feeleing like pointless and derivative. i hate this kind of movies `cause it feels like glitter and shine (and gorgeous actors with a bit of homoerotism) but vacuous and senseless (and corny).… Expand

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