Saturday Night Fever

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Saturday Night Fever

R

1977

2h 0m

Drama

Music

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Tony Manero doesn't have much going for him during the weekdays. He still lives at home and works as a paint store clerk in his Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood. But he lives for the weekends, when he and his friends go to the local disco and dance the night away. When a big dance competition is announced, he wrangles the beautiful and talented Stephanie to be his partner. As the two train for the big night, they start to fall for each other as well.

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Critics Consensus

Boasting a smart, poignant story, a classic soundtrack, and a starmaking performance from John Travolta, Saturday Night Fever ranks among the finest dramas of the 1970s.

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

09/18/2023

At its best, though, Saturday Night Fever gets at something deeply romantic: the need to move, to dance, and the need to be who you'd like to be. Nirvana is the dance; when the music stops, you return to being ordinary.

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Gene Siskel

Chicago Tribune

01/08/2018

3.5/4

Saturday Night Fever makes good moviemaking seem easy.

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Gary Arnold

Washington Post

12/21/2015

Saturday Night Fever assaults you with a flagrantly foul-mouthed script and coarse viewpoint.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

08/03/2023

2.5/4

Travolta’s signature dancing and the Bee Gee’s soundtrack epitomized the public’s general impression of the 1977 film, leaving its seedier elements either forgotten, suppressed, or conveniently ignored.

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Stephen Silver

Tilt Magazine

12/27/2022

4.5/5

Offers one of the best soundtracks in the history of movies, and a star-making performance by Travolta. But it's dark as hell- darker than you probably remember (45th anniversary)

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Carey-Ann Pawsey

Orca Sound

11/13/2022

3/5

Every so often a film comes around that seems to have its finger on the pulse of society and it makes such an impact that it changes pop culture. Saturday Night Fever was that film in the late 1970s.

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Scott

07/07/2021

Great to have seen it again. Saw it in 1977. Awesome.

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Katie S

@Ksims 1d

The soundtrack of course is incredible, and the dancing is awesome especially since JT actually did it himself. But as far as the movie itself, it was terrible. The plot depended entirely upon character development, which the movie almost completely lacked. The main characters were such jerks for so long that you just wanted to see them change or get what they had coming to them, which they didn’t even do. At the end of the movie the credits shocked me bc I was sure there had to be half a movie left due to how empty the story was. At best this movie was a BeeGees music video but it would have been low for them. As a woman the subject material is very hard to watch even with JT dancing his heart out. But overall the story and plot were just so weak for such an amazing soundtrack and such great dance moves.

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William K

@Wtk124 Jan 8

Most of this is random chaos by stereotyped big city kids, and the plot is sufficiently weak... very weak, "boy meets girl, boy rapes girl, they decide to become friends"... that the plot can't make up for the cheap-fill action, which is to this movie what sawdust is to bread. There is some good music, and some good dance scenes, but in either modern, or classic context, if it's music and dance you're here to see, there's plenty of better choices. Don't waste your time and money on this classically bad movie.

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Erin H

@ErinH983 Jan 3

The first half of this movie was ok, the dancing is terrible but it was funny to laugh at as an old movie. The second half ruined it for me - glorifies violence against women - I get this is a 70s movie but it is not enjoyable to watch as a woman. None of the characters were very good and the scenes felt cut together with unclear plot progression. Can’t for the life of me understand why this is a classic

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William

Dec 10

Not the best story but the best soundtrack

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Katherine V

@KittKat Nov 29

Nostalgic. Well made good acting. Great songs

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Saturday Night Fever: Official Clip - Slipping Away

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Saturday Night Fever: Official Clip - Disco Dancing

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Saturday Night Fever: Official Clip - Settling the Score

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Saturday Night Fever: Official Clip - Don't Worry 'Bout Nothin'

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Saturday Night Fever: Official Clip - Nothing Personal

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Saturday Night Fever: Official Clip - Brother Frankie

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Saturday Night Fever: Official Clip - Watch the Hair

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Saturday Night Fever: Official Clip - Tony Gets a Raise

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Saturday Night Fever: Official Clip - Rejected By Stephanie

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Synopsis

Tony Manero doesn't have much going for him during the weekdays. He still lives at home and works as a paint store clerk in his Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood. But he lives for the weekends, when he and his friends go to the local disco and dance the night away. When a big dance competition is announced, he wrangles the beautiful and talented Stephanie to be his partner. As the two train for the big night, they start to fall for each other as well.

Director: John Badham
Producer: Robert Stigwood
Screenwriter: Nik Cohn, Norman Wexler
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Drama, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 16, 1977, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 6, 2014
Runtime: 2h 0m
Sound Mix: Surround

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