Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786302805390 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC ISBN: 6302805392 Label: Walt Disney Video Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Walt Disney Video Release Date: July 08, 1997 Running Time: 112 minutes Studio: Walt Disney Video Theatrical Release Date: March 05, 1993 Sales Rank: 13817
Amazon.com: This strange movie with a niche subject--jazz-loving, dance-loving German kids persecuted by Hitler's men--almost works, thanks to a good cast who seem devoted to the unusual story line. Director Thomas Carter doesn't bring the necessary stylistic oomph to the musical sequences, something that might have pushed the whole production to another, more interesting level of Hollywood dream. Kenneth Branagh makes a particularly effective, wolf-in-sheep's-clothing Nazi official. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - As good as I remember it, and slightly better now that I'm older and understand some of the references.
Swing Kids has always been a favorite movie of mine, since I first saw it in college. Seeing it again after having been in the music business for 8 years, many of the musical references and jokes are clearer ... Read More
Rating: - Good Movie
I bought this movie because I like swing dancing. It was a really good movie I really enjoyed it.
Rating: - I'm not gonna lie... I LOVE this movie.
Yeah, the premise sounds weird. Nazi Germany + teens into swing music/culture = WTF? But, it's a tragic story of friends torn apart by an oppressive government. Robert Sean Leonard and Christian Bale are both ... Read More
Rating: - One of my favorites!
Excellent film with some history, some fun dancing and some serious tear jerking...The music and dancing is amazing in this film but the story is really powerful too!
Rating: - A Swinging Good Time
This movie is amazing. Robert Sean Leonard and Christian Bale give amazing performances. The storyline is really powerful with messages that go beyond the WWII era. I first watched this movie in a German class, ... Read More
- As good as I remember it, and slightly better now that I'm older and understand some of the references.
- A Swinging Good Time