A corny but sincere weeper written by Jonathan Marc Feldman, directed by Thomas Carter, and shot mainly in Prague.
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Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
The movie is a somber, smoothly crafted drama about a wily adolescent who senses there's something rotten going on in his country but can't quite put a finger on it.
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TV Guide Magazine
TV Guide Magazine
Despite energetic dance sequences and appealing leads, the film falls prey to pat psychologizing and some stunningly puerile notions of history.
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Empire
Empire
For its historical detail and recognition that teenagers were around long before James Dean sparked up a Marlboro, this film deserves some credit.
Swing Kids has a multitude of problems, the most glaring of which is its loose treatment of history and the Nazis.
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The New York TimesJanet Maslin
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
Swing Kids looks good and moves quickly at first; later on, mired in familiar-feeling moments, it flounders
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Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The screenplay is so murky, indeed, that I was never sure whether the Kids hated the Hitler Youth lads because they were Nazis, or simply because they didn't swing.
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VarietyLeonard Klady
VarietyLeonard Klady
Apart from its appealing young cast and period score, it has precious little to entice audiences into movie theaters.