Find Movies & TV
Home
Live TV
On Demand
Explore
Movies & TV Shows
Most Popular
Leaving Soon
Explore
Browse Channels
Featured Channels
Sign In
The Swimmers
2022 2h 14m PG-13
Drama
,
Biography
,
and more
7.4
83%
86%
75%
Add to Watchlist
From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a harrowing journey as refugees, putting both their hearts and champion swimming skills to heroic use.
More
Directed By
Sally El Hosaini
Written By
Jack Thorne
Studio
Working Title Films
,
AZ Celtic Films
Watch on these services
Subscription
Subscription
Cast of The Swimmers
Manal Issa
Sarah Mardini
Nathalie Issa
Yusra Mardini
Matthias Schweighöfer
Sven
Ali Suliman
Ezzat Mardini
James Floyd
Emad
Ahmed Malek
Nizar
Kinda Alloush
Mervat Mardini
Nahel Tzegai
Shada
Carlotta De Gregori
Marlena Kristov (Olympic swimmer)
Victoria Valcheva
Kostana
Sue King-Spear
Refugee
Bridgitta Roy
Diana
Dritan Kastrati
Vadim
Alfredo Tavares
Olympic Coach
Daniel Eghan
Refugee
Roderick Hill
Viktor
Mudar Abbara
Fadi
Ekran Mustafa
Refugee
Giorgio Spiegelfeld
Gustaf
Elmi Rashid Elmi
Bilal
The Swimmers Reviews
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Christy Lemire
Some strong performances and a very unexpected ending... This was good.
TheWrap
Steve Pond
It makes for an awkward fit at times, and El Houdini lays the melodrama on thicker than the nuance, but there's no denying that the story packs a punch.
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
A potent if uneven refugee drama.
RogerEbert.com
Brian Tallerico
It's too moving not to connect with most viewers, anchored by incredibly nuanced and charismatic performances from its two stars.
Variety
Peter Debruge
At a bloated 134 minutes... your brain may well start to prune, the way fingers do when they spend too much time in water.
indieWire
Ryan Lattanzio
The Swimmers gets too caught up in the waves of telling a feel-good story about our inner strength, but the audience ultimately can't share in the enthusiasm.
Ty Burr's Watch List
Ty Burr
Sally El Hosaini's film is at its strongest in the details of the refugees' road, familiar to Americans from news footage but brought to life here in all its gnawing suspense.
New York Times
Ben Kenigsberg
"The Swimmers" tells this story as an inspirational (but rarely sugarcoated) crowd-pleaser. Within those terms, it hits its marks.
RogerEbert.com
Monica Castillo
Based on the true story of Yusra and Sara Mardini, Sally El Hosaini's The Swimmers is a touching portrait of their fight to survive and achieve the impossible.
Hammer to Nail
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
It's an engaging drama filled with as much joy as heartbreak and pain.
Crooked Marquee
Kimber Myers
Directed by Sally El Hosaini (My Brother the Devil), The Swimmers combines two of cinema's most inspirational genres - the sports movie and the survival drama - into a single moving film.
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Claudia Puig
Inspiring, somewhat episodic, and definitely a crowd-pleaser.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Courtney Lanning
The story offers some devastating lows and soaring highs. But these moments are dulled just a little by an overly long narrative that could have used one final trim. The Swimmers didn't need to break the two-hour mark.
Pajiba
Sara Clements
The Swimmers is harrowing and triumphant, following the true story of Olympian Yusra Mardini and her sister Sara as they flee war-torn Syria. The film is an ode to their determination. A tale of survival that leaves you in exaltation.
MovieWeb
Julian Roman
The Swimmers tells the harrowing and incredibly moving true story of Syrian refugee sisters. Yusra and Sara Mardini embodied the desperate plight of millions who faced death for the possibility of a better life.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
A feel-good true story.
What She Said
Anne Brodie
The girl's astounding story brings the dire straits of those escaping certain death into sharp, overwhelming focus and the iron will that it takes to withstand the immigration experience and go on to the Olympics
JMuvies
John Urbancich
A superfluous ending truly pales in comparison to El Hosaini's powerful presentation of the girls' dangerous trek.
Movie Nation
Roger Moore
The dread El Hosaini builds into their boat crossing ordeal is real-edge-of-your-seat suspense filmmaking.
48 Hills
Dennis Harvey
From the start, it hits "inspirational" notes so blunt and familiar that I found the whole too much a formulaic "crowdpleaser" to actually be pleasing.
Watch The Swimmers Videos
The Swimmers
The Swimmers (Teaser Trailer)
The Swimmers: Diving In
Take Plex everywhere
Watch free anytime, anywhere, on almost any device.
See the full list of supported devices
Home
Live TV
On Demand
Categories
Action
Animation
Comedy
Crime
Descriptive Audio
Documentary
Drama
En Español
Horror
Music
Romance
Sci-Fi
Thriller
Western
Categories
Hit TV
Crime
Reality
News
Sports
Game Shows
History & Science
Sci-Fi & Action
Movies
Chills & Thrills
Classic TV
Nature & Travel
Comedy
Black Entertainment
Cooking
Home
Kids & Family
Sporting
En Español
International
Gaming & Anime
Lifestyle
Music
NFL Channel
Ion Mystery
CBS Sports HQ
