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- 1936
- Approved
- RKO Radio Pictures
- 1 h 43 m
- 1936
- Approved
- RKO Radio Pictures
- 1 h 43 m
Summary A performer and gambler travels to New York City to raise the $25,000 he needs to marry his fiancée, only to become entangled with a beautiful aspiring dancer.
Directed By: George Stevens
- 1936
- Approved
- RKO Radio Pictures
- 1 h 43 m
- 1936
- Approved
- RKO Radio Pictures
- 1 h 43 m
Swing Time
6.5
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Summary A performer and gambler travels to New York City to raise the $25,000 he needs to marry his fiancée, only to become entangled with a beautiful aspiring dancer.
Directed By: George Stevens
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
91
100% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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When Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers go into their dance, everything else fades into insignificance. The pair made 10 films together, and, with sequences like Pick Yourself Up and Never Gonna Dance, this is the consensus pick for their best. [03 Apr 2020, p.E1]
Top Hat may be more energetic and glossy, but Swing Time is arguably the most magical of the ten films Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers made together. Their dancing and acting rapport are at a peak and director George Stevens shows more finesse than Mark Sandrich in lending the couple's rocky romance a genuinely heartfelt quality.
What Fred and Ginger had together, and what no other team has ever had in the same way, was a joy of performance. They were so good, and they knew they were so good, that they danced in celebration of their gifts.
Arguably the best movie of the Astaire-Rogers series, Swing Time is the most consistently entertaining, most imaginatively plotted of their films. [25 Jun 1987, p.B7]
Arlene Croce has called it a movie about the myth of Astaire and Rogers and the world they lived in, and that's about as good a description as any.
It's not quite as charming as Top Hat or Shall We Dance, and the plotting drags heavily in spots, but whenever it gets free from the demands of farce, it's a dizzy delight.
The plot is never permitted to weigh upon the shoulders of the cast; of comedy there is a generous portion; of romance the lightest sprinkling; of dancing, in solo, duet and ensemble, a brisk and debonair allotment.
User Score
Generally Favorable
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Generally Favorable
Based on 6 User Ratings
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Satellite Awards
• 2 Nominations
National Film Preservation Board, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
