One of the best films ever made

Rating: 10/10 (23 September 2006)

Is the only reason this is not in the the top 250 films, snobbery? Its a film about disco, about a dumb teenage (19 year old) dancer, it was an enormous hit with pre-pubescent kids, it helped sell a lot of pop records. Its easy to dismiss and yet with each repeated watch it gets better and better. What is so great about it then? For starters John Travolta delivers the most physically exciting male lead acting role ever on screen. The dialogue is unrelentingly rough and dumb, perfectly matching the group of deadbeats that Travolta hangs out with. The editing is relentless allowing the viewer to get to know a lot about Travolta's character and background in as short as time possible. And of course it has the most exciting, intimate dance routines on film ever. It should surely sit among the top 50 best films ever made.