Swiped

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Swiped
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Directed byAnn Deborah Fishman
Written byAnn Deborah Fishman
Produced byAnn Deborah Fishman
Starring
CinematographyJon Schellenger
Edited byIan Fyfe
Jon Schellenger
Music byAnthony Espina
Production
company
Night Dove Pictures
Distributed by iTunes
Netflix
Release date
  • November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Swiped is a 2018 American coming-of-age romantic comedy film directed by Ann Deborah Fishman, [1] who also wrote the screenplay and executive produced. The film stars Kendall Sanders, Noah Centineo, Nathan Gamble, Kristen Johnston, George Hamilton, Leigh-Allyn Baker, Alana Collins Stewart, Christian Hutcherson, Shelby Wulfert, Maddy Curley, Steve Daron, and Kalani Hilliker. [2]

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Plot

Introverted freshman college student James is roommates with Lance, a wealthy student who's very successful with girls and only interested in casual hookups. As James stands out as being the strongest student in a basic programming course they share, Lance approaches him initially proposing he do minimal work so noone has to work.

When Lance and his friends decide they want to develop an app for hookups, he talks to James and discovers he's been coding since he was small. Lance enlists him to develop the ultimate hookup app, matching people across the campus with no strings attached. In exchange he will pay for him to transfer to an ivy league school.

James takes over their dorm room so he can work day and night on the app Jungle. The goal of the app is to connect people physically with no commitment of any kind. No numbers or names are exchanged, so the people have guaranteed one-night stands.

Not wanting to be blamed for Jungle, James asks Lance to claim it as his own. Their computer science professor forgives him from having to do work in her class, as he's supposedly coding constantly.

Christmas break arrives, and James starts to see the consequences of the app with his divorced parents. His dad brings a very young date to Christmas, who he found on Jungle, then his mother is convinced to try it by friends. He tries to follow her as she meets up with new people, remorseful of his involvement with the app.

The following day, James tries to get his grandparents and their friends to answer a questionnaire on their past sexual and relationship experience. When he finds his mom back on Jungle, he quickly takes it and other similar apps down to stop her. Soon Lance and company hear about it and hound James to get it up and running.

When James gets back to campus, he hides from Lance and friends in Hannah's sorority house. He is allowed to stay only if he creates a relationship app for them. Going back to his room briefly, James is intercepted by Lance et al. and they try to force him to stay and get their app running again. He tricks them with a relaxing tea, and scurries back to the sorority.

James stays safe in the sorority house protected by the sisters until Lance leaks to the press James' involvement. When Hannah hears she confronts him, and he confesses that he worked on the app in hopes of connecting with her. As she never downloaded it, it failed in his eyes. James encourages them all to stay off all of the apps to force guys to connect for real. After he confesses his feelings for Hannah, they finally kiss. [3]

Cast

Production

Principal photography took place in Palm Beach County, Florida in July 2016. The film was released on iTunes and Netflix in the USA on November 6, 2018, [4] and in several other countries, including the UK, Spain, Italy, and Norway, on July 1, 2019. [5]

Reception

Swiped received mostly negative reviews from critics. [6] On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 17% based on six reviews, with an average rating of 3.1/10. [7]

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