YMMV / Swiped

• Anvilicious: The film really stresses the importance of the "relationship" part of a hook-up, to the point where all of the conflicts are solved by James making an app that does the reverse of the other one, focusing entirely on dates with no expectation of physical hook-ups, and then convincing people to give up dating apps altogether in favor of traditional dating.
• Fridge Horror: The app has apparently no age restriction and no profiles, which means no personal information given about the person who you’re trying to have sex with. This could lead to a multitude of horrible things. First off, the lack or regulation could very easily allow forced prostitution (say, if someone else is running the account and forces someone else to engage in the sex in their place, and earning money under the table). It’s also way too accessible to minors, who could easily hook up with adults using the app (no age restriction, no profile to clarify your age, and a specified location to have sex, presumably out of the public eye). It's also all too easy to pass around sexually transmitted diseases with no information on the other person, potentially meet up with a kidnapper who's doing it to trick people, or be tricked into meeting someone who could do you physical harm or doesn’t really care about consent. Also, the app is specifically catered to guys, in that women specifically are not given any information on who they're sleeping with and aren’t allowed to ask questions. The whole thing was sketchy from the start.
• Fridge Logic: James' previous attempts at making world-changing phone apps includes one meant to "guide homeless people to shelters". But how many homeless people can afford phones with internet access? Which probably explains why it failed in the first place.
• Overshadowed by Controversy: Writer/Director/Producer Ann Fishman's downright hostile reaction to any criticism of the movie and attempts at silencing its critics on YouTube through liberal use of copyright claims has probably garnered more attention than the movie itself.
• Squick: Jungle really doesn’t care how old you are. While the idea of the elderly using the app for sex can be seen as a little gross, it’s totally legal, and if both elders can consent and enjoy themselves then more power to them. However, children are also allowed to use the app for its purpose of sex. We see at least one boy under 12 using the app, and while he’s able to use it, children can not consent to sex with anyone; what’s worse is at least one adult sees his account and nothing is done about it.
• Unintentionally Unsympathetic:
  • The girls in the movie are all only going on the app because they want boyfriends and all of the guys are on the app, and the movie tries to pin the heart of the issue on men’s lack of commitment, but people have pointed out that this sort of falls flat considering that the girls are trying to find a committed boyfriend on an app explicitly made for hook ups. The movie tries to defend this with the excuse that somehow every available boy on campus is on the app, yet also never considers that the girls could simply find boyfriends off campus.
  • James himself falls into this, since he never considers getting rid of the app when the girls are openly complaining about it (at points even laughing at a girl’s reaction), and only shuts it down when there’s the possibility of his mom not getting back together with his dad. That’s not even considering how bizarre it is for a college age student to be convinced his parents will get back together (a plot line normally reserved for child or teen characters). Of course, they get back together, but the point still stands.
    • James has a teenage sister and while she isn’t the nicest person she actually doesn’t qualify for this trope, why? Well when she finds out that her mom is going on a date she only becomes worried about it when she finds out the name of the app her mother used.
  • James’ dad is also this, being a bit of a dead beat who treats his current wife very rudely, yet we’re expected to root for him to get back together with James’ mom.

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