
Nineteen-year-old Brooklyn native Tony Manero lives for Saturday nights at the local disco, where he's king of the club, thanks to his stylish moves on the dance floor. But outside of the club, things don't look so rosy. At home, Tony fights constantly with his father and has to compete with his family's starry-eyed view of his older brother, a priest. Nor can he find satisfaction at his dead-end job at a small paint store. However, things begin to change when he spies Stepha... (Full plot summary below)
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Nineteen-year-old Brooklyn native Tony Manero lives for Saturday nights at the local disco, where he's king of the club, thanks to his stylish moves on the dance floor. But outside of the club, things don't look so rosy. At home, Tony fights constantly with his father and has to compete with his family's starry-eyed view of his older brother, a priest. Nor can he find satisfaction at his dead-end job at a small paint store. However, things begin to change when he spies Stephanie Mangano in the disco and starts training with her for the club's dance competition. Stephanie dreams of the world beyond Brooklyn, and her plans to move to Manhattan just over the bridge soon change Tony's life forever.
Leave your thoughts about Saturday Night Fever.
| Time OutDerek AdamsIn the end, the real killer is the movie's abject sincerity. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsTed PriggeA very intelligent character study that just happens to have some of the coolest dance scenes ever made. |
| New York TimesJanet MaslinMr. 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. |
| Monthly Film BulletinRichard CombsMost details of character and setting, finally, are reduced to simplistic icons, mingling with such over-emphasised bric-a-brac as posters of Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Rocky and Al Pacino. |
| Chicago TribuneGene SiskelIt's also interesting to see how little screen time the final disco competition really has, considering how large it looms in our memories. |
| Matinee MagazineChuck RudolphTravolta's breakthrough performance and John Badham's vibrant NYC locations make this a far more enlightening story of youth and rebellion than the mere kitsch of the film's contemporary reputation. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenToday mostly regarded as disco camp, Saturday Night Fever should rank as one of the great American films. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames KendrickNot many movies are genuine cultural phenomena, and John Badham's Saturday Night Fever is without doubt one of the most memorable. |
| Brooklyn MagazineHenry StewartContemptuous of the community it phonily purports to depict. |
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrA small, solid film, made with craft if not resonance. |