Dated, but well worth a watch.

Rating: 8/10 (14 March 1999)

Some people will avoid Saturday Night Fever because it's a "disco" movie. It couldn't be further from the truth though because this film is about kids and the trouble they sometimes have finding themselves. This film has a great opening shot, showing us where John Travolta's character has his priorities. The friends he hangs with don't really know what they wanna do either and there is a lot of time spent actually avoiding real talk. Sooner or later Travolta's character decides he wants to move on, he meets a girl in the club he hangs out in and Travolta is interested in her because she has left the neighborhood, or is trying, and he is tying to find his escape. Saturday Night Fever gets pretty serious for just a "disco" movie and there are some good questions made by the screenplay. John Badham does a very good job with the material and this film made John Travolta a star. Some will avoid it.....no one should.