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Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Smoreni Zmaj Have you ever seen a bad romantic musical comedy from the first half of the twentieth century ?! I haven't. Although many resemble one another, and after a while they melt together in my memory, they all carry joy of life that in the decades that follow slowly disappears from movies, and today it's almost nowhere to find. Among them stand out mutual films of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. Ginger's beauty is breathtaking and their mutual chemistry is magical. Story is light and fun, music and dance as always great, but although I really liked it, it did not particularly stand out from the masses of similar ones, and it's far below, for example, Top Hat. I have yet to mention, in my opinion, the best scene in the movie, where Astaire is followed by three huge dancing shadows. Joyful recommendation.7/10

atlasmb The music in "Swing Time" is excellent: A collection of really beautiful songs. Add to that some of the best partner dancing (and choreography) of all time and the result is a an excellent film where the dance numbers actually drive the film.When you watch "Swing Time", you realize that the storyline is entertaining, but rather simple. But the dance numbers are dramatic, emotional, uplifting, and inspired. In fact, they communicate the story and the emotions of the two primary characters more than their words.The climactic dance number ("Never Gonna Dance") says it all. The choreography conveys the love, the heartbreak, and the disappointment of Lucky (Fred Astaire) and Penny (Ginger Rogers) despite the fact that they cannot voice their feelings. This is a remarkable accomplishment. No wonder so many consider this to be the best film pairing of this amazing dance team.Ginger herself named "Swing TIme" as her favorite of all her films. This was due to a number of factors. Firstly, she felt that director George Stevens "had an incredible sensitivity to an actress playing a scene." Secondly, she thought the score by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields was "scrumptious". Thirdly, through her costumer, Bernard Newman, she was able to realize her "dream" dress for the "Waltz in Swing Time" number, and said "I can never emphasize enough how important clothing was to me." "Never Gonna Dance" was the last dance number in the film. Ginger reports that it took 48 takes and they finished at 4:00 A.M. Complications--besides the demanding choreography--included an arc light going out, a noise in the camera, and Fred's toupe falling off. During one break, Ginger took her shoes off and found that her shoes "were filled with blood".

jc-osms Absolutely delightful Astaire and Rogers musical, which finds them at their peak both commercially and artistically . Snappily and often cleverly directed by George Stevens, it additionally benefits from its characterful supporting cast and excellent set design, from the exquisite ballroom interiors to the "exterior" snowbound scenes.The music too is first rate with lovely Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields songs like "Pick Yourself Up", "Never Gonna Dance" and especially "The Way You Look Tonight", this latter, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful love songs ever.The plot is the usual Fred meets Ginger, Fred chases Ginger, Fred loses Ginger before Fred gets Ginger again just in time for the end, Fred this time cast as a professional gambler who's a hoofer on the side while Ginger's a young dance instructor whom he first meets when they squabble over a quarter. Their dance numbers together are fantastic, such beautiful story-telling in each choreography. While I get and appreciate Fred's sincere solo tribute to the great black dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, with Astaire dancing along spectacularly to three inflated silhouettes of himself, the staging now seems very anachronistic, compounded by his doing so in "black-face".There's plenty of humour around too, which has dated surprisingly well even if some of the plot devices centring on of all things trouser-cuffs (or turn-ups as we call them here) and a stereotypical Latino love rival for Rogers' affections are a bit hackneyed. Nevertheless, it's still a vibrant and vivacious, indeed, classic Astaire-Rogers vehicle, a pleasure to watch.

Claudio Carvalho The dancer and gambler Lucky Garnett (Fred Astaire) misses his wedding with Margaret Watson (Betty Furness) due to a prank of the other performers and his future father-in-law calls off the ceremony. When Lucky arrives at his fiancée's home, he promises to make US$ 25,000.00 to be allowed to marry her.Lucky travels to New York by train with his friend and magician Pop Cardetti (Victor Moore) and he stumbles with the dance instructor Penny Carroll (Ginger Rogers) on the streets of the big city. He follows her to the dance academy and they team-up in the end. When they are ready to dance together in an elegant club, Penny's former affair and conductor of the orchestra Ricky Romero (Georges Metaxa) refuses to play for them.Meanwhile Lucky wins lots of money gambling and Penny falls in love with him. Lucky decides to stop gambling in order to NOT raise US$ 25,000.00. But when Margaret arrives in the club to see his show, Lucky has to take a decision about his previous commitment with Margaret and his true love with Penny."Swing Time" is another delightful and naive romance of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. The story is very funny specially the scenes where the clumsy Pop participates and this is the first time that I see Ginger Rogers' character chasing Fred Astaire's one. As usual, there are wonderful dance numbers with this charming couple. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Ritmo Louco" ("Crazy Rhythm")