Fresh
A small, solid film, made with craft if not resonance.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Saturday Night Fever
Where do you go when the record is over...
1977 · 1h 58m · R
Drama, Music
Directed by
John Badham
Overview
Tony spends his Saturdays at a disco where his stylish moves raise his popularity among the patrons. But his life outside the disco is not easy and things change when he gets attracted to Stephanie.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
82%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Travolta's characterization, given the script and directorial demands, is okay. It will please the already-committed; but it won't win him any new fans.
A.D. Murphy, Variety
Rotten
In the end, the real killer is the movie's abject sincerity.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
Mr. Travolta is deft and vibrant, and he never condescends to the character, not even in a scene that has Tony and Stephanie arguing about whose Romeo and Juliet it is, Zeffirelli's or Shakespeare's.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
There's a lot in the movie that's sad and painful, but after a few years what you remember is John Travolta on the dance floor in that classic white disco suit, and the Bee Gees on the soundtrack.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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