Swing Your Lady

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Blu B It's...a screwball sports comedy mixed with a romcom and musical and I guess the results are what you'd expect. This has the potential to be a disaster on paper but it ends up actually having some laughs every now and than, it makes sense for the most part, and nothing is broken really. It's honestly very average all around which I guess is a small miracle. The music is ok enough I guess. The numbers aren't that catchy, it doesn't really pop, and the dancing save for the last dance number isn't that memorable. The singing isn't that memorable either. The direction is pretty basic stuff also. The dialouge is super cheesy and the characters have the intelligence of borderline Looney Toons. This moves way too fast at certain points and just a mess mushing together musical numbers, slapstick boxing gags, and a romance together in all under 80 minutes. The boxing fight is alright I guess. Gags drag too long and once you've seen one you've seen them all. To it's credit it does get a laugh again but most of the time it just falls flat or is chessy family stuff. There really isn't a main character here it feels like sometimes, the story just comes to a halt with the musical numbers, and the characters pretty much all blend in as this is more plot driven than anything save for Joe and the girl. Ironically enough Bogart is in this too and gets top billing but he's much more a supporting character in this. He's...not bad here but it's so weird seeing him do screwball style acting and than going back to his tough Marlowe persona back and forth. He seems out of sorts sometimes in this. I have to say most should skip this as there's really nothing clever here and it's not catchy or shot particulary well. It's one of Bogart's worst films but I still have to say something like the Two Miss Carrols is worse for me. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/18/25 Full Review Steve D There is just not enough plot here. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/14/24 Full Review Audience Member It's Bogart in a musical comedy, I think that about says it all. What kind of drugs was Jack Warner on when he thought this movie would be a good idea? Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member A silly little dumb picture that features Bogie, yes, but overall is entertaining only for the comedy that comes from Frank McHugh. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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