Unlike Whiplash , which views jazz through a lens of blood, sweat, and psychological terror, Swing Girls views it as liberation. The girls don't learn music to win a competition (though they do). They learn music because, for the first time in their boring rural lives, they have found something that makes them feel alive .
There are movies that change your life, and then there are movies that simply make you want to tap your feet, drop your shoulders, and smile until your cheeks hurt. (2004) firmly belongs to the latter category—though, for many, it walks a fine line into the former. Swing.Girls.2004.1080p.BluRay.x264-SSF -Suwingu...