Great but unsatisfying.

Rating: 7/10 (23 November 2019)

I wasn't a fan of "Saturday Night Fever" when it first came out in the theaters. I was under a lot of pressure. I was a fifteen year old member of the "Disco Sucks" club. I secretly liked the songs (I couldn't tell anyone) but the movie never hit the spot. Watching it now, the music is terrific but the movie is still not that satisfying a watch. What kills this movie for me are characters. Sure Tony is a sympathetic character but the others are mostly awful. I'm not a prude but if I was of Italian decent, I would ban this movie in my my house. The negative Italian stereotypes are over the top. They're just too much at times. That said, "Saturday Night Fever" is definitely worth watching. It's wildly uneven but often terrific fimmaking.