Swingers (1996)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Mike Peters	Jon Favreau
Trent Walker	Vince Vaughn
Rob	Ron Livingston	-
Sue	Patrick Van Horn	-
Charles	Alex Désert	-
Lorraine	Heather Graham	-

Review

The format and the idea is good for this dramedy aspiring to capture the zeitgeist of 1990s dating culture in the L.A. area. The writer, producer and star of the show is Jon Favreau. He plays a hopeless romantic who misses his ex almost pathologically, surrounded by pals who are self-proclaimed Lotharios. They tell him to move on by the way of fleeting sexual conquests; he's holding out for the big L. The film's insights are often feeble, and some of the setups feel staged. But in the end, Favreau's character turns out to be genuinely relatable, and the film cleverly steers clear of simple answers to its oftentimes timeless dilemmas. Some might enjoy the film a little bit extra thanks to Vince Vaughn's larger than life character and performance, which became something of a breakthrough for him.