Comedy, Music  •  2004  •  105 min

Swing Girls (2004)

Swing Girls poster

Swing Girls (2004)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate

Viewer Rating
7.8

Overview

A group of delinquent high school girls form a band when they accidentally poison their school's brass band and have to replace them.


Starring Cast

Juri Ueno  •   Yûta Hiraoka  •   Shihori Kanjiya

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: High

The film is rated neutral as its central narrative focuses on apolitical themes of personal growth, teamwork, and the pursuit of passion through music, without promoting or critiquing specific political ideologies. The solution champions universal values of hard work and collective effort.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: Medium

This Japanese film features a cast that is culturally appropriate to its setting, without engaging in explicit race or gender swaps of roles typically associated with Western mainstream cinema. The narrative focuses on a coming-of-age story about high school girls forming a jazz band, and it does not present any critical portrayals of traditional identities or incorporate explicit DEI themes into its central plot.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

Swing Girls is a musical comedy centered on a group of high school girls forming a jazz band. The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters, relationships, or themes within its narrative, resulting in no portrayal to evaluate.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

The film "Swing Girls" is a coming-of-age musical comedy centered on a group of high school girls forming a jazz band. It does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes, nor does it touch upon gender identity issues. Therefore, the film has no net impact on the portrayal of transsexual individuals.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

Swing Girls is an original film featuring new characters created for the movie. There are no pre-existing characters from source material, history, or prior installments whose gender could have been swapped.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

Swing Girls is an original Japanese film from 2004. All characters were created for this specific production, meaning there are no pre-existing canonical or historical characters whose race could have been altered.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.8

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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7.6
The Movie Database logo
7.9

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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N/A

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