Travolta surprises almost everyone and turns in a fine performance. Super soundtrack by The BeeGees (must love Disco music). Fine snapshot of that era too. Compelling story churning along underneath all the flash.

Other than placing the Bee Gees back on the top of the billboards, the movie is not worth the time and money.

Barbarino went dancing to the Bee Gees...so what?

Not really a "music movie" in my books.  Its a silly, soapy tale of young adult frustration with their lower middle class life that made effective use of the dominant popular music of its day.  Unfortunately the popular music of the day was pretty much a disposable plastic commodity and not particularly valuable for the future survival of the species.

The most over rated film of all time, which gave life to some of the worst music ever recorded, I am ofcourse refering to disco. Stigwood should be boiled in melting vinyl and angel flights for this one. Truely a piece of crap.

I think this is one of those "you had to be there" and be 16 like I was when this movie came out in 1977. I absolutely loved this movie and the music when it originally came out. It was what it was for its time - cheesy polyester pants and shirts, peasant style dresses, platform shoes, gold chains, disco music, and dancing. It was fun at the time, but I've moved on. It's been on TV lots of times, but I don't have any desire to watch it again. I still like to hear the music every now and then and it does bring back nice memories of high school, friends, and old boyfriends. Personally, my favorite movies from this time period are Smokey & the Bandit and Grease.

I like it better now that I'm older and can stomach the disco.

even though i hate disco i love the soundtrack and love this movie so much

I can take it or leave it, mostly leave it. I like Travolta (to a point) but hate disco.

This is one of my favorites that I sort of keep hidden in the closet. I can't explain WHY I like this movie...I just do! I don't like disco music, I'm not a fan of Travolta, but everytime this movie is on, I sit down and watch it.

Life is too short to watch this horrorshow.

Oh enough already! This isn't 1977 anymore. After reading NaturallyYou's review I felt like I was in a DISCO HELL time warp. Give me a break...."You Should Be Dancing", "Jive Talkin".... man please! Stereo types and abusing women was fever the producer had in making film for the gutter!

I think a lot of folks here are missing the point of "SNF." It's not just about the dancing or music, which is all great and entertaining, believe me. The Bee Gees wrote the soundtrack of the 1970s with that album! I love the energizing dance scenes and the quaint polyester clothes and Afro hairdos. But "SNF" is more than a musical - it's a real life gritty urban drama that I think it still relevant today. So what if it's depressing or harsh- that's the way life is in a blue collar urban setting. Tony's escape through dancing in contrast to his bleak life and dysfunctional family and friends is the heart and soul of the movie. Unlike most other musicals, it actually has a strong and relatable story line. The acting was great too, and all of the characters stand out beyond just one-dimensional cardboard cutouts. I think it's one of the best movies of the 1970s, if not all time!

It's hard to say that I enjoyed it, as it's so depressing , however John Travolta and The Bee Gees soundtrack add some enjoyment throughout most of the film.

Fever was a such a cultural phenomenon and it technically wasn't a musical. There are so many memorable scenes and it is really a great story of young,urban America in the late 1970's. And of the course, the Bee Gees music is amazing.

Saturday Night Fever is an extremly trashy, rotten musical that stars John Travolta as a young dancer, who lives with a totally eccentric family, and one day decides to leave home, and becomes a famous dancer at a local nightclub. The only thing worth watching in this movie is a few good dance numbers, and that's about all. There's also an early appearence by Fran Drescher.

At first I never liked it. Over the years the music has grown on me. Now whenever I hear it, it reminds me of the era. Now, many people are caught up trying to relive the experience!

In the category of music movies, Fever has got the best marraige of music and movie. The opening sequence of Travolta walking to "Stayin' Alive" is a classic piece of Americana as it was in the 70's. The Bee Gees contributions to Fever has never been equalled by any other movie as fas as popularity and sales. To date, the Fever album has sold approx 50 million worldwide. Quite an achievement for a low budget, no promotion movie.

It has been said that there has never been a better marraige of music with a movie than in Saturday Night Fever. Little do most people know, The Bee Gees were recording their next album when their manager/SNF producer took 5 songs from them long before the movie was completed. "You Should Be Dancing" was #1 two years before SNF and "Jive Talkin" was #1 three years earlier. Definetly, a great music movie, which became a way of life for a long time.

What other movie captures a period of time better than this film? The life of a Brooklyn teen with really no future except for his love of dancing. Plus, there has never been better music used in a movie than that of the Bee Gees. "We're the Faces"

I love John Travolta but this movie was a wasted hour of my time. It had great music but no story.

Another Travolta masterpiece. I learned to eat two slices of pizza at the same time watching Tony Manero do so while walking down the street. Sure, it is completely dated if you watch it now and you can't believe that people actually acted like that in the 70s. But, there are still so many great lines and scenes. Whether it's Tony at the dinner table pissed that his dad touched his hair (Would ya just watch the hair. Ya know, I spend a long time on my hair and he hit it; he hit my hair.) or Tony and his friends playing and jumping off of the bridge, there is enough in this movie to keep your attention throughout.

Who can forget his cool shoes and ultimate bell bottoms grooving down the street..or his ultra chic 100% polyester shirt that he had to cover with his entire napkin so he wouldn't get any sauce on it at dinner with his family. Travolta enveloped every aspect of the disco king. The music and dancing was top notch for the time..sure it may make us laugh now, but who didn't want to be Tony? or Tony's girl?