Sync or Swim

Fascinating
An excellent piece of work. It truly demonstrates the power, grace, finesse, grit and determination that goes into the sport including the highs and lows and the selection process. Not only that, it follows the life of the girls up to the event, including the story of one girl who took a serious injury and personal tragedy and recovered.

Loved the bit when they entered the Olympic Stadium, that was taken on a home video, and really captures the excitement of the opening ceremony from the athletes perspective.

Great Movie!
I'm the father of an 8 year old synchronized swimmer and our whole family loves Sync or Swim! It is a movie filled with wonderful role models for girls, but also stories for adults. The women in the documentary are real people as well as Olympian athletes, and to see their champion attitudes and perseverance through life's obstacles -- from the hard work of constant practice, to dealing with asthma in a sport where breathing is critical, to working through major life tragedies -- makes them role models for the rest of us as well.

Wonderfully entertaining and informative film!!
This is a wonderful documentary that I watched like it was a feature film. The film does a phenomenal job showing both the artistry and athleticism of synchronize swimming as an Olympic sport. Following the run up to the Greece Olympics, it does a great job showing what it takes to be an Olympic athlete in a lower profile sport-- all of the trial competitions, the hours and hours in the pool, and the mundane ways the swimmers support themselves and their team out of the pool.

As a former competitive swimmer who was in the stands for synchro's inaugural Olympics and who competed in synchro for several summers, I thought I knew a lot about this sport. At the end of the hour and a half I spent with Sync or Swim, I had a new appreciation!! And, aside from the film, the DVD extras are great!

This is a great film to show for an academic class, to watch to learn more about synchro beyond Esther Williams, or to just have an entertaining evening.

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