Film Review – Swiped

“The Social Network” was released 15 years ago, but the picture’s influence remains. “Swiped” explores the rise and fall of another famous online experience, this time examining the days of Whitney Wolfe Herd and her experience as the co-founder of Tinder, which helped to revolutionize the dating experience by targeting a millennial audience with a gamified take on instant attraction through the power of swiping. Screenwriters Kim Caramele, Bill Parker, and Rachel Lee Goldenberg (who also directs) don’t have a particularly deep subject in Herd, but her tale (listed here as “inspired by actual events”) is loaded with ambition, treachery, and paranoia, which is a bit easier to bring to the screen than basic app development. “Swiped” is simplified and a bit cartoonish at times, but if one accepts the endeavor as an empowerment tale, there are elements of the production to appreciate, especially when it focuses on the toxicity of tech bro employment environments and Herd’s drive to make things better for female users, using her own experience with humiliation and hostility to inspire change. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com