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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 Thom...( read more 
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MCT:July 29, 2008Wow. Amazing, heart breaking movie. One of the few I actually cried about. Its just so friggin serious. It put a new view on what life was like in Nazi ridden Germany. What it was like to be a cripple or a Jew. I mean, this movie just blew my mind. I don't think I'll think about things the same way anymore. Imagine how horrible it would be to be murdered for your religion, race, or sexual orientation. I just wish people in the world would be more accepting. Dammit! I'm crying again. JUST WATCH THE DAMN MOVIE!
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MCT:July 28, 2008Swing Kids is a must see for anyone interested in the going ons of Nazi Germany where music was concerned. Full of wonderful music, perfectly choreographed dance scenes, and just enough romance to make it interesting, this movie is a true tribute to those who lived and died for thier music. A story of the raw, heart-wrenching truth of the times it depicts, this one is not to be missed.
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MCT:July 23, 2008One of my first memories of Christian. I love him even as a prejudiced creep. The movie wasn't that great, tho
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MCT:July 18, 2008Great movie with a great soundtrack. You might think a movie about a bunch of German kids who love to dance wouldn't be any good, but you'd be wrong. And Robert Sean Leonard is fantastic as always -- I don't think I've ever disliked a performance of his. Side note: Noah Wyle makes for a creepily-eager Nazi.
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MCT:July 6, 2008
Excellent look into some of the struggles German youth (and their parents) undoubtedly went through in Nazi Germany -- well done (more interesting than it sounds!)
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MCT:May 21, 2008
This is not a really well known movie, but it's excellent and everyone should see it.
Try living in those times and loving music that you know is not allowed to be heard or played.
Then watch a friend become a Nazi all in one.
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MCT:May 16, 2008
Great movie, surprised me.... didn't thinkn it was this good and my teachers knows whats good and bad and this was defenetly good no it was GREAT.
But though it was a little sad ending
But i loved the movie
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MCT:May 10, 2008
This is a good movie with a good cast and story. It makes you greatful to live in the U.S. after what some people live like in other countries. God Bless America.
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MCT:May 3, 2008
I first saw this movie in my high school history class, and just recently showed it to my own class as we began to study WW2. The movie is an incredible depection of life in 1930s Germany and the struggles that young people had to face when being brainwashed by Nazi propaganda! The story, and the swing-kid movement in and of itself is fascinating, and the music and dancing is classic and flawless! I loved every minute of this film and will definitely watch it over and over again!
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MCT:April 18, 2008
I watched this movie in history class. Very interesting and it shows what people went through in Nazi Germany. These people could not really be themseleves and they were always watching their backs. Overall I think it was a great movie.
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MCT:March 28, 2008
beautiful. an untold story about unsung heroes of the nazi era. robert sean leonard and christian bale are flawless in this film.
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MCT:March 7, 2008Brilliant cast!! This film doesn't have the credit it deserves. A good look at the resistance in germany which doesn't glorify violence. Bale and Leonard don't make many bad films and this doesn't disappoint.
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MCT:February 19, 2008For the dance, the music, some of the camera shot and the idea of the story. Not for the direction, the actors, the interpretation or everything else.. I mean this was the perfect representation of a bad cliché movie. But like I said, a good thing the music and the dance scene are incredible ^^ Good representation of the *epoque* :-)
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MCT:February 3, 2008Want to see at some point in the future...
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MCT:January 30, 2008
Amazing movie... You see what non nazy people have to deal in the course of WW2, and that some minds can be easily seduce too the power of masses and that other keep believing in there own word until the end....
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MCT:January 26, 2008
This film was amazing. Had me crying like a little girl!!! Still crying 10 mins after it had finished lol. Robert's performance was just amazing. Some people dont realise just how good an actor he is, mainly because he is doing house and, appart from dead poets, the films he has been in are not well knows films. I cannot believe just how good he is. (cheout the crying scene!!) I would love to see him on stage.
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MCT:January 24, 2008
Wow I really liked this great Drama! I began watching this thinking it was a "Dance" movie, but I was wrong. It's a very dramatic portrayal of German boys struggling in Nazi Germany, it does have some swing dancing but is mostly about their struggle to understand what is going on with the whole Nazi movement and where they fit in it all. Great acting by Robert Sean Leonard and others--Christian Bale plays a butthead and Noah Wyle a total jerk. A tragic, moving flick, that brought tears to my eyes more than once.
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MCT:January 5, 2008It has a good cast, an interesting topic, and is set in a period in history that is fascinating and horrifying - and in spite of itself, it completely failed to deliver.
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MCT:December 26, 2007
i love this movie!! though the ending sucks. i watched it in english in yr 10, and when that kids like yelling, the entire class cracked it!
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MCT:December 23, 2007
I love the part when Robert Sean Leonard goes a little crazy and tries to swing dance his pain away.
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MCT:November 19, 2007
A guy cuts his wrists with a record. The best parts are christian bale turning oh so nazi, and the dancing and music is great. The acting needs some help, as does the dialog. In fact, we could do without robert sean leonard all together.
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MCT:November 12, 2007
I feel like the only reasons I really enjoyed this were that A) It was about the Nazi's/Holocaust, and B) The awesome swing music references.
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MCT:October 13, 2007
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MCT:October 6, 2007
This movie was enjoyable and the performances were well done, and emotional. Worth checking out if you like movies with history in them.
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