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Swingers
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1705
- IMDb #1742
- Rotten Tomatoes #840
- Metacritic #1482
- Letterboxd #1627
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1385
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #758
- Metacritic Critics #1399
- Metacritic Audience #1813
- Criticker #1053
- Kinopoisk #3622
- Trakt #2168
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Lowest is Criticker on 57, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 88.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A struggling actor moves to Los Angeles to pursue his career, but remains heartbroken over a failed relationship back east. His loyal, more confident friends dedicate themselves to pulling him out of his misery, dragging him into the city's swing dance and nightclub scene. Their efforts to help him meet new women lead to a series of comedic and awkward encounters.
Details
- Director
- Doug Liman
- Writer
- Jon Favreau
- Released
- 18 October 1996
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $200.0K
- Box office
- $4.5M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 3 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| 10th European Film Awards 1997 | Best Non-European Film | Doug Liman | Nominee |
| 10th European Film Awards 1997 | Best Non-European Film | Independent Pictures | Nominee |
| 10th European Film Awards 1997 | Best Non-European Film | Alfred Shay Production | Nominee |
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×| Best Non-European Film | Doug Liman | Nominee |
| Best Non-European Film | Independent Pictures | Nominee |
| Best Non-European Film | Alfred Shay Production | Nominee |