Mike (Jon Favreau) isn't really a "swinger". He moves to LA from New York after breaking up with the girl he adored, and is trying without success to get work as a comic. His friends want him to forget the girl he left behind and to play the field, and they take him on a trip to Las Vegas where his efforts at gambling – and sex – prove to dismally unrewarding.
Singers is a sweet and funny film, made on a low budget by director Doug Liman, who also photographed it. Jon Favreau, who wrote the screenplay, is affecting and funny as the hopelessly maladroit Mike. Although there are a few slow patches, and you can see the ending coming a mile off, Swingers is a mostly engaging example of the burgeoning independent American cinema.
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