What a drag

Rating: 3/10 (29 May 2007)

This huge hit from 1978 is a rather silly, occasionally funny comedy-musical about high school life and love in the fifties. Randall Kleiser's film has enjoyed several revivals and still holds a baffling cult status today.
The acting from John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing and support is painful, even if the dancing is, along with the music, quite good. The disco soundtrack featured some huge hits and may have been this movie's saving grace.
Watching "Grease" for a painful third time, I almost walked out. I could not wait for it to finish. Musicals just aren't my thing.
Monday, June 10, 1991 - Golden Twin Cinema, Bendigo