The Age of Disco

Rating: 6/10 (16 October 2018)

"Shane O'Shea" (Ryan Phillippe) is a 19-year old man who lives in Jersey City and wants to experience the life of glamour on the other side of the Hudson River. So one night he goes to Manhattan and joins the huge crowd of people seeking entrance into the world-famous nightclub known as Studio 54. Although most are turned away, the club owner "Steve Rubell" (Mike Myers) surprisingly allows Shane to come in and not long afterward hires him to be a busser. It's at this time that Shane meets "Greg Randazzo" (Breckin Meyer) and his wife "Anita" (Salma Hayek) who invite him to live with them for a while. He quickly accepts and before long gets caught up in the wild New York City nightlife which Studio 54 epitomized. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this film served as an interesting snapshot of a time and place when disco ruled the airwaves. That said, while I enjoyed the trip down memory lane and thought that Mike Myers performed in an exceptional manner, I also thought that there wasn't sufficient character development in some places which subsequently caused the film to seem somewhat shallow and uneven at times. Be that as it may, I liked this movie for the most part and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.