"Swingers" is one of those legit '90s movies (NHL '94! Hipsters! Big Bad Voodoo Daddy!). Dated isn't the word to describe this, but time capsule is. If coffeeshop L.A. were a genre, this'd be its mascot.
For me, the movie was sort of a grind in the beginning; nothing really clicked with these characters, the lounge poser shtick wasn't funny, and I just wasn't getting what made the movie such a big deal. But it was around the halfway mark that the magic started to happen. Vince Vaughn suddenly became funny, Favreau's angst really took on substance, and the friendship really blossomed. Once Heather Graham showed up and threw out some rays of sunshine, I was hooked.
Good movie.
7/10
For me, the movie was sort of a grind in the beginning; nothing really clicked with these characters, the lounge poser shtick wasn't funny, and I just wasn't getting what made the movie such a big deal. But it was around the halfway mark that the magic started to happen. Vince Vaughn suddenly became funny, Favreau's angst really took on substance, and the friendship really blossomed. Once Heather Graham showed up and threw out some rays of sunshine, I was hooked.
Good movie.
7/10