Swing Shift (DVD, 2004)

The entire cast of Swing Shift did a great job taking the audience back to the era of WWII in the states, where women went into the factories to make an income and support the efforts of our country. There was fun too including going to bars, riding motorcycles, and dancing. But the phrase Absence Makes the Heart Grow Stronger isn't always true for young ladies who are working in a male environment.

Goldie Hawn shows that she can play drama as well as comedy in this movie where she plays the wife, Kay Walsh, of a sailor, Jack Walsh (Ed Harris), and reluctantly has an affair while he is gone. She is also working in an airplane factory as a Rosie the Riveter. Her lover, Lucky, played by Kurt Russell dominates the movie, since he is a shift leader in the factory as well as a musician in the band after working.

This is the movie where Goldie and Kurt first met and fell in love. Christine Lahti is Goldie's friend, Hazel, who is also working in the factory; for this movie she earned an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress.

The music of the 1940s lights up the movie and makes it far more enjoyable. For viewers who weren't around in the 1940s, this is a great ticket to see how our grandparents or parents lived during the war. They did not just sit at home listening to the radio!

I like the costumes they wore, and I love that period in our nations history.There was nothing I disliked about it. I decided to buy it because it's one of those movies you'll just start to miss, and want to watch it again & again.

This movie is fantastically funny, sweet & endearing. Goldie hawn & Kurt Russell do exactly what we expect them to do here, and that's is love to fight until they can't fight the love anymore. Christine Lahti is phenomenal as the "tough girl" sidekick & if she had been any tougher, they would have had to cast "Rosie the Riveter" in the roll instead. What more can I say? This movie will not disappoint, as long as you expect what you're gonna get, which is 1 hour and 40 minutes of a relaxed good time of watching a comedic, romantic movie with spunk. Grab this movie, some popcorn, the best seat in the house and ENJOY!

I purchased several copies of this movie for favors at a Rosie the Riveter party. I hosted the party to celebrate the survival and hard work of many nurses social workers and their surviving patient. A thank you . . .

They all had the spirit and tenancity of Rosie the Riveter and the movie was a nice party favor - it was revealing of the nature of spirit to thrive survive achieve believe without showing the war front. This was the home front - that survived and thrived without a lot of mass media nor the speed of Internet and rapid response information. Our spirit has been spawned from the history of our predecessors - their strength was inspiration.

Fairly family friendly - some mild suggestive language from the 1988 film - compared by today's standards at any rate1

I purchased this movie for the simple fact that I'm a fan of Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn. I will watch anything w/ either one of them in it.

WHEN AMERICA MARCHED OFF TO WAR THE WOMEN MARCHED INTO THE FACTORY. FROM THEN ON...NOTHING WAS THE SAME. FIFTEEN-MILLION U.S. MEN WOULD GO OFF TO FIGHT WORLD WAR II. AT HOME, AMERICAN WOMEN WHO HAD NEVER WORKED IN FACTORIES BEFORE WOULD HEED THE CALL-AND GIVE THEIR ALL TO THE WAR EFFORT.(GOLDIE HAWN),(KURT RUSSELL) (CHRISTINE LAHTI) (ED HARRIS) (FRED WARD) AND (HOLLY HUNTER) TEAM IN THIS STORY OF HOMEFRONT WAR AND LOVE.SWING SHIFT CASTS A NOTALGIC EYE ON A TIME WHEN ORDINARY CITIZENS BONDED TO ACCOMPLISH EXTRAORDINARY THINGS. THERE WAS NO OTHER TIME LIKE IT,AND IT CHANGED OUR WAY OF LIFE FOREVER. CLOCK IN. YOU'RE WORKING THE SWING SHIFT.

The female leads in this movie are two of my favorite. The other thing that entices about this movie is the time frame (World War II). Two women fighting is always hilarious in my book, and this happens throughout this movie. Good story, great comedy and wonderful music from the 40's.

I love to see the time, actually how it represented in this movie, more simple times, with complications. Love how it makes me feel.

I was looking for this movie on DVD, I already have it on VHS. It is a Kurt Russell movie. I had to have it for my Kurt Russell collection.