Movie Reviews for Thank God It's Friday

Thank God It's Friday

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Movie Reviews of Thank God It's Friday

Movie Review: A hot Summer night at the disco!!
Summary: 4 Stars

"Thank God it' Friday" is a snapshot of the late seventies Disco scene. It does take one back to a time when afros and platforms ruled and everyone on the dance floor was a star! Finally available on DVD, but with no extra features except sub titles and choice of language.

The "story" takes place in one night at a disco called the Zoo, run by a young Jeff Goldblum, with all sorts of different characters there for different reasons: a wife who drags her stuffy, uptight husband there against his will, two underage girls eager to get in and try for the dance competition, two nerds (one of whom is Paul Jabara) desperate to pull the birds, a disastrous couple on a blind date, a desperate Ray Vitte as the DJ trying to get his big break by featuring the Commodores live (now, if only their instruments can get there in time!), and the queen of disco herself Donna Summer as Nicole Simms, trying to convince the DJ that she really can sing.

The soundtrack is wonderful; Donna Summer's Academy winning, show stopping "Last dance", "After dark" by Thelma Houston' Diana Ross' electro/disco "Livin', lovin' and giving" (movie version differs from soundtrack album version), "Find my way" by Cameo, "Too hot ta trot" by The Commodores, "Sevilla nights" by Santa Esmeralda, and the sultry "Do you want the real thing" by D.C. La Rue to mention a few.

Intended to rival "Saturday night fever", it didn't quite achieve that, but remains a camp classic, and a perfect barometer of the state of society at the time.

Movie Review: FINALLY on DVD!
Summary: 4 Stars

Yes it's cheesy, but a lot of folks have been waiting a LONG time for TGIF to appear on DVD (it's been LONG out of print on VHS). The reviewers referring to the movie as a "Disco Love Boat" are pretty accurate with that description, as there are quite a few characters in several (sometimes intertwining) story lines centered around one night at a swinging LA disco. Definitely lightweight stuff here, but if nothing else the movie is a perfect pop culture curio capturing the late 70s disco era and its glitzy excesses (at least to a "PG" extent anyway!). In addition to Donna Summer and the Commodores, you'll also get to see some early performances from Jeff Goldblum and Debra Winger, not to mention a very young Terri Nunn (best known as the lead singer of Berlin). The movie itself looks fantastic on this DVD considering its age, however I had to deduct a star due to the DVD extras... simply put, THERE ARE NONE!!! No trailers, no commentary, not even a scene selection menu! Fact is, the menu provided is a generic DVD menu, with audio language choices of English and Portugese, and screen caption options and THAT'S IT (heck, even ROLLER BOOGIE had its own custom menu design, not to mention trailers and scene selection options!)... so loss of one star for apparently not giving much thought to the overall DVD package. But that complaint aside I'm definitely glad to have this on DVD after all this time, and be sure to watch at the very beginning where the Columbia logo becomes animated and does a few disco moves.

Movie Review: the 2nd greatest disco movie
Summary: 4 Stars

this is a crazy comedy, with nonsense & ridiculous, but donna summer is spectacular in her last dance perforfance. commodores with lionel ritchie singin & playing sax, the dance of the leatherman. i can't stand paul jabara. i can't believe he dared to go into a recording carreer after this. i have one of his albums, with 2 songs duet with donna summer & they are no better than disco duck. watch it, is gonna be 90 minutes of crazy 70's style fun, because some of the jokes are dated, & a lot of casablanca & motown disco music in the background.

Movie Review: Fun stuff
Summary: 4 Stars

I had forgotten how many storylines there are in this movie. It is a great, funny ensemble cast with no one story being more important than the others. And of course the clothes by Betsy Johnson are so much fun and the music is great. TGIF is a fun movie that is sort of like a long sitcom. I am a fan of Jeff Goldblum and it is great fun to see him in this mostly-forgotten role, and just wait until you see the Commodores' costumes! Silly, funky, fun.