Review of Swing Kids (1993) by Lorinc S — 06 Jun 2009
Typical film you catch on a Thursday morning on Hallmark or something. Troublemaking kids love jazz and swing in Nazi Germany... then they're forced to become Nazi Youth Militants or something and tragedy ensues. Christian Bale is definitely a promising actor here -OK I am biased since he's one of my favorite actors, but his performance is one of the truly entertaining things about the film. Robert Sean Leonard does a decent job, if only it did not resemble his character in Dead Poet's Society. A different, less typecast of a lead would've done the film some good.
Amusing, good music and choreography, that's all!
This review of Swing Kids (1993) was written by Lorinc S on 06 Jun 2009.
Swing Kids has generally received positive reviews.
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