Rusalka's third film review: Am I missing something? Why is the entire world in love with this film?

Rating: Null/10 (11 April 2003)

I can distinctly remember when this film first came out, but then again I was only two years old! My sister had the double album and as a result Hopelessly Devoted to You, We Go Together and Greased Lightening have been imbedded within my consciousness for many, many years. Grease is a fun film, full of fluff, but I think that people just over-hype it to death. The story careerns from one musical number to the next, leaving little time for relaxing in between them.
The chemistry between the actors, especially John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John and Stockard Channing is wonderful. However, I do believe that this is the best film that Travolta ever made (obviously I don't think he's that great of an actor) and Olivia Newton-John followed this one with Xanadu, a far better film in my opinion.
All in all, this is a great film to watch at a slumber party with a big bowl of popcorn to munch on, wondering if the real 1950's were as halcyon as the filmmakers made them out to be.
My rating: 2 stars