Swingers

Swingers is a 1996 comedy-drama film written by Jon Favreau and directed by Doug Liman. The film stars Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn, also featuring performances by Ron Livingston, Patrick Van Horn, Alex Desert and Heather Graham.

Plot
After six years, Mike Peters' (Jon Favreau) girlfriend leaves him, he decides to travel to Los Angeles to become a star. Six months later, he's still not doing very well - so some of his friends try to help him reconnect to the social scenes and hopefully assist him to forget about his failed relationship.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) A simple, yet fantastic and well written story.
 * 2) Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn have fantastic chemistry as Mike Peters and Trent Walker.
 * 3) Great soundtrack that was composed by Justin Reinhardt, including great songs like "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" by Dean Martin and "Go Daddy-O" by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.
 * 4) Many funny moments and well timed humor, such as the scene where Mike suddenly shows off his swing-dancing skills to everyone's surprise and Trent crying like a proud parent at a graduation ceremony.
 * 5) Remarkable direction from Doug Liman, the director of the first Bourne film, "The Bourne Identity", the action comedy, "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" and the sci-fi action film, "Edge of Tomorrow".
 * 6) "Always double-down on 11." and "Vegas, baby! Vegas!" are lines that never get old.
 * 7) The film has some nice references and homages to other movies like Reservoir Dogs, Goodfellas, American Graffiti and Rain Man.

Critical reception
The film currently holds an 87% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 7.7/10. The critical consensus reads: "Funny, heartfelt, and effortlessly cool, Swingers made stars out of Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau, and established Doug Liman as a director to watch." On Metacritic, the film has an average score of 71 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Roger Ebert gave the film three out of a possible four stars, writing: "It's not a terribly original idea, [yet] the movie is sweet, funny [and] observant."

Box Office
Swingers did well at the box office, earning $4.6 million against its $200, 000 budget. It was declared a moderate success.

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