Xanadu

PG| 1 hr. 36 min.

Plot Summary
Struggling artist Sonny Malone (Michael Beck) is trapped in a dull job painting album covers. He is instantly attracted to Kira (Olivia Newton-John), an anonymous woman randomly photographed in the background of one of his assignments, but no one is able to identify her. Visiting the auditorium where the cover was shot, Sonny finds the mysterious beauty, an ageless Greek muse, who encourages him to team up with old-fashioned Danny McGuire (Gene Kelly) to build a roller-skating disco.

Cast: Olivia Newton-John , Gene Kelly , Michael Beck , James Sloyan , Dimitra Arliss , Katie Hanley , Fred McCarren , Ren Woods

Director: Robert Greenwald

Genres: Fantasy

Distributor: Universal Pictures

Xanadu (1980)

Release Date: July 5th, 2002|1 hr. 36 min.

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James Berardinelli ReelViews

The film is too energetic, too jaw-droppingly campy, and too silly not to be enjoyed and celebrated on some level. "Cheesy" doesn't even begin to describe it, yet that's at the heart of its perverse charm. Now, that's entertainment! show more
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Slant Magazine

While the soundtrack is evenly split between Newton-John ballads and power-pop from ELO, neither of which sounded particularly revolutionary at the turn of the decade, Xanadu's collage of musical styles and fads inadvertently suggests the utopia of post-disco no wave, hip-hop's emerging legacy of sampling and the DIY spirit of mash-ups. (I mean, if you want to be kind.) show more
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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times

A mushy and limp musical fantasy, so insubstantial it keeps evaporating before our eyes. It's one of those rare movies in which every scene seems to be the final scene; it's all ends and no beginnings, right up to its actual end, which is a cheat. show more

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March 24, 2009 SkaryMoviez
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It is what it is.
August 06, 2008 FINANCE87
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maybe the worst movie ever

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