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User Reviews for: Saturday Night Fever

AlfieSGD
7/10  3 months ago
If you want to take a negative approach to “Saturday Night Fever,” then you could say that the movie has pretty much fallen out of time due to its outdated views of gender roles, sexism, and, from today's perspective, extremely uncool dance numbers. However, I would rather say that it is a time capsule that captures the disco era very well within the framework of a milieu study. A certain hopelessness of the young generation is offset by promiscuity and the escape to the dancefloor.

John Travolta has the task of carrying the movie on his shoulders. And although I never thought he was a particularly versatile actor, he does a damn good job here. His character Tony is an arrogant, macho loser who, in the club, turns into the king of the dancefloor and builds up an exaggerated self-confidence as a result. He struts around like a rooster all the time, which doesn't exactly earn him any sympathy points from me. But that's exactly what is required of Travolta in this role.

Meanwhile, the contemporary soundtrack, to which the Bee Gees have contributed numerous songs, fits the movie perfectly, creating a very specific atmosphere from the moment it starts. In terms of the plot, however, the film lost me a little at some point, as I wasn't really interested in the relationship between Tony and Stephanie (Karen Lynn Gorney) in particular. But at least the ending fits the general mood very well again, so I can give the movie a solid recommendation overall.
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