Thank God It's Friday
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Movie Reviews of Thank God It's Friday
Movie Review: Thank God it's on DVD
Summary: 4 Stars
Clarity of film is great. Some extra features would have been nice as you only get the film.Movie Review: "You Know What This Place Reminds Me Of? Disneyland with T**s!"
Summary: 3 Stars
LOL, that's my new favorite catch phrase in an old movie I've never seen until today. Sure it's disco, but most of the music is surprisingly good (meaning it excludes "Ring My Bell"), and the fashions of the time rock. I enjoyed watching Donna Summer try her hand at acting and performing "Last Dance," one of the greatest disco songs of all time. I laughed at the stupid 70s humor, and I loved seeing a very young Terri Nunn who later on became the sexy lead vocalist of the new wave band Berlin. This movie is nothing wonderful, on par with a wannabe Saturday Night Fever and David Naughton's shortlived series Makin' It, but I was entertained and really enjoyed the music. Is that a crime? Think not. Light escapism is always fun and, truth be known, it's a great piece of nostalgia I missed in my teens due to anti-disco peer pressure. One thing that could have improved my vote was getting Earth Wind and Fire to perform "Boogie Wonderland." That would have been the most irresistible cherry on this cake.Movie Review: Cute little disco comedy
Summary: 3 Stars
After Saturday Night Fever was such a hit back in the 70's - it seemed that every producer in Hollywood wanted to come up with disco themed movie to cash in on the success of Fever. Thank God It's Friday was one of the better attempts, even though it was critically panned at the time of its release. On reflection TGIF has no pretensions to be anything other than what it is - a cute little comedy with a series of vignettes featuring a range of characters, and their visit to the Zoo disco on a Friday Night. Of course the biggest drawcard of the movie was the film debut of the then Queen of Disco Donna Summer - well the movie hardly allows her to show off her acting skills in her few short scenes - but she does deliver the Oscar winning 'Last Dance' with power and passion. Also interesting to see Jeff Goldblum and Debra Winger in early roles.
Its lighthearted, fun and is a great time capsule of the disco era.
Movie Review: Disco-trash at its very best
Summary: 3 Stars
This is one of those wonderfully bad disco films that will appeal enormously to anyone who loves disco, but will repel everyone else. Made exclusively to cash in on the disco craze, TGIF is set on one night at a new discotheque. Donna Summer is surprisingly good in it, but it's hard to make much of an impact on the clunky script and the wilful overacting of almost every other cast member. The soundtrack is constant, a la "Carwash", a wonderful 70s film conventon that should make a comeback, and it was always the soundtrack that was the star of this film. Such a pity it's shamefully out of print at the moment.Movie Review: Fun to finally have on dvd
Summary: 3 Stars
This is not a great film, but it is a good fun B Film Miles ahead of the Village People's Can't Stop the Music. There are some gifted actors here; Goldblum; Winger Landsburg, et. al. And in a weirdly cheap way it has that Robert Altman multiple storylines and crossed characters, but it is fun to watch. Some good 70's music going on here, some fun stereotypes of the disco era, but it is never mean or overly campy. It just is what it is and that's not such a bad thing. A good nostalgic rainy day/Sunday movie.