here is one person's review of the movie.


Swing (2003)



Directed by
Martin Guigui

Writing credits
Mary Keil




User Comments: too bad (more)

User Rating: 8.3/10 (11 votes)

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jacqueline Bisset .... Christine
Jonathan Winters .... Uncle Bill
Innis Casey .... Anthony Verdi
Tom Skerritt .... George Verdi
Nell Carter .... Grace
Mindy Cohn .... Martha
Barry Bostwick .... Freddy
Dahlia Waingort .... Valerie
Constance Brenneman .... Tina
Jim Hanks .... Maitre D'
Adam Tomei .... Mac
Archie Drury .... Joe
Sumalee Montano .... Carol
Esther Mamet .... Mrs, Wall
Ana Guigui .... Pam
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Runtime: USA:98 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color

SWING


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User Comments:

Joaquin Cunanan
San Francisco, CA


Date: 16 September 2003
Summary: too bad

I wanted to like this movie. Heck, many of my friends and I performed
as background dancers for it. Some of the scenes were shot in our
favorite club, Broadway Studios of San Francisco.

The cast was pretty good. Jonathan Winters was hilarious in his
supporting role. Sadly, the script was pretty bad. It's basically an
ABC After School Special retelling of the Saturday Night Fever story,
which doesn't really work. Saturday Night Fever worked as a story
because its conflicts felt authentic and had an edge. Swing's
conflicts lack the urgency and edge to involve the viewer.

Another puzzling feature of the film is that the main character is
entranced by swing dancing and music. However, his own band doesn't
play swing and he exhibits no interest in playing any kind of jazz.
They play a lot of folk rock.

The only people that have rendered good opinions on this film have a
vested interest in it. All of my friends who attended the cast/crew
screening were disappointed.