The Song of Sway Lake

The Song of Sway Lake is a 2018 American romantic drama film directed by Ari Gold and starring Rory Culkin, Robert Sheehan, Isabelle McNally, Mary Beth Peil, Elizabeth Peña and Jack Falahee.^[1][2]

The Song of Sway Lake
Film poster.
Directed by	Ari Gold
Written by	Ari Gold Elizabeth Bull
Produced by	Michael Bederman Allison Rose Carter Ari Gold Zak Kilberg
Starring	Rory Culkin Robert Sheehan Isabelle McNally Mary Beth Peil Elizabeth Peña Jack Falahee
Cinematography	Eric Lin
Edited by	Christopher Dillon Todd Holmes Antony Langdon Trevor Ristow Gabriel Wrye
Music by	Ethan Gold
Production companies	Grack Films Social Construct Act Zero Films
Distributed by	The Orchard
Release date	September 21, 2018 (2018-09-21)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Cast

• Rory Culkin as Ollie
• Robert Sheehan as Nikolai
• Isabelle McNally as Isadora
• Mary Beth Peil as Charlie Sway
• Elizabeth Peña as Marlena
• Jack Falahee as Jimmy
• Brian Dennehy as Hal Sway
• Anna Shields as Heather
• Jason Brill as Timmy Sway

Reception

The film has a 42% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The site's critical consensus reads, "The Song of Sway Lake benefits from alluring, evocative atmosphere, although it isn't always enough to compensate for a shaggy narrative and overall lack of focus."^[3] Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two stars.^[4] Derek Smith of Slant Magazine awarded the film two stars out of four.^[5]