Saturday Night Fever

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Saturday Night Fever

R

1977

2h 0m

Drama

Music

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Tony Manero doesn't have much going for him during the weekdays. He still lives at home and works as a paint store clerk in his Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood. But he lives for the weekends, when he and his friends go to the local disco and dance the night away. When a big dance competition is announced, he wrangles the beautiful and talented Stephanie to be his partner. As the two train for the big night, they start to fall for each other as well.

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Critics Consensus

Boasting a smart, poignant story, a classic soundtrack, and a starmaking performance from John Travolta, Saturday Night Fever ranks among the finest dramas of the 1970s.

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

Sep 18, 2023

At its best, though, Saturday Night Fever gets at something deeply romantic: the need to move, to dance, and the need to be who you'd like to be. Nirvana is the dance; when the music stops, you return to being ordinary.

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Gene Siskel

Chicago Tribune

Jan 8, 2018

3.5/4

Saturday Night Fever makes good moviemaking seem easy.

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Gary Arnold

Washington Post

Dec 21, 2015

Saturday Night Fever assaults you with a flagrantly foul-mouthed script and coarse viewpoint.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Aug 3, 2023

2.5/4

Travolta’s signature dancing and the Bee Gee’s soundtrack epitomized the public’s general impression of the 1977 film, leaving its seedier elements either forgotten, suppressed, or conveniently ignored.

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Stephen Silver

Tilt Magazine

Dec 27, 2022

4.5/5

Offers one of the best soundtracks in the history of movies, and a star-making performance by Travolta. But it's dark as hell- darker than you probably remember (45th anniversary)

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Carey-Ann Pawsey

Orca Sound

Nov 13, 2022

3/5

Every so often a film comes around that seems to have its finger on the pulse of society and it makes such an impact that it changes pop culture. Saturday Night Fever was that film in the late 1970s.

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Scott

Jul 7, 2021

Great to have seen it again. Saw it in 1977. Awesome.

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Bucky R

@Bucky3085 Aug 31, 2026

This youth-gone-wild movie is probably not what you're expecting. Some pretty lurid stuff along with the disco dancing.

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T M

@RT55749265 Jun 8, 2026

One of the most surprising films in terms of what one expects and what the film delivers. Anyone going into this movie imagining it to be a feel good disco story about love on the dance floor will be 'floored' by the explicit swearing, sex and occasional violence. I saw this film as a young teen. I didn't like it at all. Rewatched it recently and I had more of an appreciation for the grit and the grime of real life contrasting with the powder, paint and multi-coloured lights of the local discoteque.

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Brent M

@Moviescanbegood May 13, 2026

I love watching classic movies and am able to appreciate there were different perspectives in different times. However, after 20 minutes I had to shut this off because I felt gross continuing to watch it and could not handle how incredibly foul it was. This movie did not age well and thus can in no way be considered a classic. It was disgusting.

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adèle B

@The_fo0l Apr 5, 2026

Thought it was gonna be a good time but I think it was just made in the past for the past. really cool music but like yhea everybody loves disco, I don't compensate for the fact that the film aged poorly. It's just "straight man fool around and find out but it's okay because boys will be boys" in the end the character is still the same douchebag. Cool but I think I might be too young to be blinded by the nostalgia of the 70' american culture.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Mar 27, 2026

The worldwide gross is $237,113,184.00 over a budget of $3,500,000.00.

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Synopsis

Tony Manero doesn't have much going for him during the weekdays. He still lives at home and works as a paint store clerk in his Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood. But he lives for the weekends, when he and his friends go to the local disco and dance the night away. When a big dance competition is announced, he wrangles the beautiful and talented Stephanie to be his partner. As the two train for the big night, they start to fall for each other as well.

Director: John Badham
Producer: Robert Stigwood
Screenwriter: Nik Cohn, Norman Wexler
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Drama, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 16, 1977, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 6, 2014
Runtime: 2h 0m
Sound Mix: Surround

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