Swing Time

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Finn S Dec 20, 2018 Love the music & dance routines along with a great cast, but, the story was lacking

Ron W Jan 15, 2018 1001 movies to see before you die. A sweet feel good romantic comedy with great dancing.

Poe S Aug 31, 2017 As someone who grew up watching a lot of musicals, it's kind of surprising that I never saw one starring the most famous dancing duo of all time, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. But Swing Time is my first foray into their filmography, and I’ll just say they deserve all the recognition they have received over the years. Watching them dance together is simply marvelous. In this film they have several routines together which they use to portray a number of different emotions that fit in with the plot of the film. Perhaps the most spectacular is when they use a dance routine to show their sorrow when they long to be together but situations won’t allow that to be. Now I’ve never thought that Fred Astaire has the greatest singing voice, but he does fairly well in this film for the few times he’s asked to sing, and all is forgiven once he starts to dance. It took me some time to buy into the plot of Swing Time. The opening sequence was a little too silly, and the meet-cute between Fred and Ginger was horrible. As the story progresses there is this weird section of the film where I lost track of what was happening or why. Suddenly time was passing, but I didn’t know how much time. It wasn’t incomprehensible or annoying, but I felt disconnected and a little lost. Luckily, the story came around for the third act and I suddenly reconnected with everything. In fact the final scenes were so spectacular that I was laughing out loud with the characters and smiling like a fool. It even connected back to the first scene of the movie and made me like that part of the movie more in hindsight. This makes evaluating the quality of the story structure difficult because I started out not impressed, then almost got bored, and finally was delighted tremendously. I think the character work is what saves the film for me. Fred Astaire isn’t playing a loveable guy, but somehow with him in that role I still liked him. Ginger Rogers is all charm and class, so once she gets past the initial scenes that make her seem a bit obnoxious, I loved her. Then there is some comedy added into the mix thanks to 2 amazing performances from Victor Moore and Helen Broderick. Those characters are just friends of the leads, and yet they are always adding a joke or two that kept me chuckling. Between their wisecracks and the gorgeous dance numbers, I found Swing Time to be a film that rises above some plot issues. I was certainly entertained enough to make me want to see more films starring the spectacular Fred and Ginger. See more

Hermione M Jun 4, 2017 "Waltz in Swing Time" has to be one of the greatest Astaire/Rogers dance numbers put to film

George P Feb 4, 2017 My first Fred & Ginger movie gets an A+ for song & dance but a C- for plot & dialogue.

Draco W Nov 20, 2014 Horribly aged over time with plenty of corny humor and a ridiculous silly plot. This is one of the rare films Ive seen showing blackface and while I dont think it was meant to be racist at the time it came off as racially insensitive. Even the beautiful costumes, wonderful dancing and singing talent, and glamourous art deco settings couldn't save this film. Not a big fan of fred and ginger silly movies. See more

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