Girls meet Jazz!!!

I am not fond of Japanese movies, but in a bad mood I wanted to see something funny with a happy end, so I went for Swing Girls anyway. It had the exact same formula as Waterboys, a previous movie by the same director. However in this movie there are lots of cute girls instead of boys, and the music is rather good. I wonder if the girls performed the music themselves?

The story: A group of students accidentally food-poisoned the school orchestra. As a compensation, and also as a means to escape from summer school, they formed a Jazz band to perform in place of the orchestra, when none of them had any interest or love for music. Without them realizing, passion began to grow inside them, and they were very upset when forced to disband. Their passion soon brought them back together, and you probably guessed the ending already.

The actors and actresses are all very good and fit their roles nicely. No more 30-year-old men posing as high school kids. Or perhaps Japanese people look younger than americans at the same age? Like the predecessor, there are lots of comical singing and dancing. Very funny, very entertaining, and visually appealing as well. Did I also say the music was nice?

The story was very warm and touching. The plot is simple and straightforward. For me, simplicity is always good. There are no sudden twists and nothing was very illogical, if you care about logic in film plots. It was too similar to Waterboys, but it is still a very good choice if you want to see a comedy and are sick of cheap US B-movies full of dirty jokes, or Hong Kong movies full of nothing. That and if for whatever reason you do not like love-comedies.

First impressions on Swing Girls: 7.5/10