Storyline
Tony Manero is a Brooklyn paint-store clerk who'd give anything to break out of his dead-end existence. In life, Tony is a peasant; on the disco dance floor, he's a king. As the soundtrack plays one Bee Gees hit after another, white-suited Tony struts his stuff amidst flashing lights and sweaty, undulating bodies. Tony's class aspirations are mirrored in his relationship with his dance partner, a secretary eager to move into the glamorous world of Manhattan.
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88
Chicago Tribune
One minute into Saturday Night Fever you know this picture is onto something, that it knows what it's talking about. [15 Oct 1999, Siskel Years, p.6]
88
Chicago Sun-Times
It's also interesting to see how little screen time the final disco competition really has, considering how large it looms in our memories.
83
Entertainment Weekly
Travolta molds what could have been an equally obvious character into a substantial, tragic figure.
80
Chicago Reader
A small, solid film, made with craft if not resonance.
80
The story here is really secondary to character and milieu, as director John Badham and his actors create a convincing portrait of frustrated 1970s working-class youth and the escape offered by the swirling lights and pulsing rhythms of the disco.
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