The Swim (2021) User Reviews

Enjoyable story, lovely sea views

[secretstory · 7/10 · 13 April 2022]

Kudos to all involved. I would not call their expedition a failure. It was incredible!

Sad to see all of the plastics in the water, but not surprised.

Do cruise ships still dump their trash off the back and into the ocean late at night? They did back in the late '80's. *does anyone ever wonder beside me?

Also, although human hair breaks down eventually, it's also a pollutant in the sea. Surprised they did not show more awareness. {{shrugs}}

Best wishes on your next endeavor.

How The Worlds Ocean Goers Are Messing It All Up...And Don't Care!

[silicontourist · 5/10 · 26 November 2022]

First off I do not think that people who have married and had kids should be doing dangerous things...its just plain irresponsible selfishness to me!

The mark of 5 I have given is for the scenery and underwater shots, but more for the very well made awareness points on how people, and their self centered ego's and stupidity, are making an ecological mess of the oceans and creating a danger to the ocean wildlife.

The documentary was quite boring - as was Monsieur Ben Lecomte - with much of the audio being mumbled and unclear. Ben himself was extremely annoying with his lack of vocals at times and, his times when he just did not speak. I did not like the editing either and was having to force myself to watch through to the end credits. Ben said at one point (when back on board the yacht for a break) that he was exhausted etc and you could plainly see this as, his swimming style was all over the place; just as when someone is absolutely knackered!

The best parts of the documentary were the birds!