The Swing of Things (2020)

July 2, 2020 (US) • Comedy • 93m

Overview

Bad weather diverts Tom and Laura Jane from their Bahamas dream wedding. So, with friends, parents, and Laura's protective big brother, they land at a mystery hotel in Jamaica—which turns out to be a swinger's resort! Can the innocent couple avoid the nonstop booze, weed, naked bodies, and lusty dolphins long enough to make it to the altar?

Director

Matt Shapira

Writers

Christopher Hewitson, Clayton Hewitson, Justin Jones, Scotty Mullen, Patrick McErlean

Top Billed

Chord Overstreet

Keywords

wedding swinger

Where to watch

Free / Included

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Top Billed Cast

Chord Overstreet

Tom

Olivia Culpo

Laura Jane

Luke Wilson

Lance

Aleksander Vayshelboym

Ricky

Adelaide Kane

Georgia

Matt McCoy

Manfred

E.E. Bell

Papa McGursky

Carolyn Hennesy

Mama McGursky

Maria Breese

Marie

Jon Lovitz

Jon Johnson

Carl Davis

Island Man

Leslie Stratton

Molly

Joshua Uduma

Father Tyrone

Boni Mata

Anna

Hayley Amber Smith

Natasha

Linda Purl

Sherry Fairfax-Rothstein

Dot-Marie Jones

Finley

Natalia Janoszek

Lifeguard

Oliver Cooper

Ira

Jessica Uberuaga

Mandy

Eric Michael Cole

Father Michael

Autumn Adele

Autumn

Paul Piercy

Consultant

Lola Sandra

Lola (as Lola Akinola)

King Orba

Howard Freeman

Eva Hamilton

Irene

Crew

Monika Dovnar

Art Direction

Sarah Krasnianski

Makeup Artist

Kristy Holt Berry

Makeup Department Head

Christine Cangelosi

Production Design

Jesse Brunt

Director of Photography

Jacqueline Garvey

Costume Design

Chadwick Struck

Casting

Christopher Hewitson

Writer

Clayton Hewitson

Writer

Justin Jones

Writer

Scotty Mullen

Writer

Patrick McErlean

Writer

Matt Shapira

Director

Chadwick Struck

Co-Producer

Delano Forbes

Consulting Producer

Wes Hull

Executive Producer

Mark Crumpacker

Producer

Alan Pao

Executive Producer

G.L. Smith

Associate Producer

Luke Daniels

Producer

Mike Guthrie

Executive Producer

Ryan Godowns

Co-Executive Producer

Steven Tyler Sahlein

Executive Producer

Carol Anne Watts

Co-Executive Producer

Dru Davis

Co-Executive Producer

Harry W. Lange

Executive Producer

Kelly Mi Li

Co-Executive Producer

Maria Breese

Associate Producer

Jon Gross

Associate Producer

Jon Berry

Editor

Shaun S. Sanghani

Executive Producer

Martin Sprock

Producer

Elizabeth Dell

Line Producer

Dave Lugo

Executive Producer

Joshua Uduma

Executive Producer

Aleks de Carvalho

Music

Steve Chicorel

Co-Executive Producer

Ryan R. Johnson

Producer

James Kondelik

Editor

Ryan V. Murphy

Co-Producer

Jeff Rice

Executive Producer

Kent Purdy

Producer

Reviews

tmdb28039023

⭐ 1/10

August 29, 2022

According to IMDb, it took five people to write this movie; judging from the result – a series of unrelated vignettes characterized by half-baked ideas that set up a situation only to immediately drop it –, each wrote their contribution incommunicado from the other four.

We have an adman whose client, played by Jon Lovitz, apparently owns a jetpack company; never mind that jet packs have very few practical and no recreational uses. We also have a woman who designs dog clothing, and puts on a fashion show in her apartment living room for a pet store clerk, a broad dressed as Catwoman (who announces her intention to go to the bathroom by asking where the litter box is), and, for some reason, a Catholic priest, all while her roommate has a loud threesome with two guys wearing the uniform of the Argentine national soccer team. This will be the last time we ever hear about jet packs or doggy fashion, which is probably for the best.

These two individuals meet, and he asks her out; she replies that she has decided to abstain from dating until she has completed her first business transaction (it occurs to me that, were she a prostitute, she could kill two birds with one stone; crude, yes, but still funnier than anything in this movie, which settles on crude, period). Why make her say this, when the very next scene shows them already engaged? Of course, the reason the film doesn't bother with the characters' courtship is because it can't wait to get to Jamaica and quote-unquote delight us with frontal nudity, references to marijuana use, and scatological humor.

Consider this: a group of characters go sailing on a boat, and one of them regales the rest with tales of horny dolphins. Another character falls overboard and is surrounded by dolphins that are as anatomically correct as a CGI dolphin can be – which is not much, but the point is that we can clearly see why these animals are mammals and not fish. A third character dives to the rescue, and... nothing. The movie cuts to the next scene and that's it. We never know if the character is molested by dolphins (once again, that's probably for the better). Here's another example: a character runs into a blonde who, to his surprise, invites him to her hotel room; he gets over his astonishment, they leave together and…nothing. They walk off the frame, the movie cuts to another scene, and that's it.

And so on and so forth. The movie leaves a plethora of loose ends, but the biggest question is, what the hell is Luke Wilson doing in this unholy mess? Did the producers kidnap Owen and held him hostage, and Luke appearing in this debacle was the ransom? I mean, Jon Lovitz I can understand, but Luke Wilson? WTF?

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The Swing of Things (2020)

Christopher Hewitson, Clayton Hewitson, Justin Jones, Scotty Mullen, Patrick McErlean

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