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Swing Girls

2004 · 105 min

A breezy, good-natured underdog romp full of scrappy charm, silly mishaps and a joyful final burst of swing that leaves you grinning.

Tagline
Girls meet jazz!
Overview
A group of delinquent high school girls form a band when they accidentally poison their school's brass band and have to replace them.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • friendship
  • music
  • found family
  • ambition
Places
  • school
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

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Directed by
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Starring
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Country
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Languages
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