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Bookmark this pageThe Big Swap (1997)
Director: Niall Johnson
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
An adult British movie about sex and its role in modern relationships. Five comfortably off, thirty-something couples decide one weekend to try, just for fun, partner swapping. The group embraces diverse characteristics - shy, candid, cautious, adventurous, sensitive, misogynist, closet lesbian, man dependent - without ever offering one rounded human being. Not withstanding a few lame attempts at humour, the film is dreadfully earnest in its remorseless attempts to touch on every imaginable insecurity, jealousy, anxiety, need and sexual proclivity.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Niall Johnson
Producer: Niall Johnson
Cast: Antony Edridge, Sorcha Brooks, Richard Cherry, Julie-Ann Gillitt, Kevin Howarth, Alison Egan, Mark Caven, Clarke Hayes, Jackie Sawiris full cast
Duration: 122 mins
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