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Grease 2 (1982)

Director: Patricia Birch

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From Time Out Film Guide

As gaudily tempting a soft-centre as ever graced a Woolworth counter. Liberally picking'n'mixing assorted elements of American popular culture, Birch picks up the story of Rydell High a few years on from where Randal Kleiser left it. Travolta and Newton-John have moved on, Conn is back from beauty school, and straight skirts have replaced full ones; these changes apart, we're on familiar ground. Pink Lady Pfeiffer steals the heart of Caulfield, a straight A, strait-laced student from England who is excruciatingly dull (rating 8 on a chuckability scale of 10). However, he gets himself a pair of wheels and wins his girl. Such niceties as a plausible plot and three-dimensional characters are trampled under Weejun-shod foot, but sheer energy, a handful of good tunes (including a great theme song from the Four Tops), and some very funny one-liners save the day.

Author: FD 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Time Out Film Guide

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  • Faye Simmons said...
    Posted on Jun 16 2008 07:18 Without doubt, Grease 2 is the best sequel in history! Generally, sequels do not surpass the original, but this is the one exception. It's clever storyline and brilliant soundtrack make it an umissible movie. It definately deserves a place in the list of top musicals, as it doesn't degrade women like it's predecessor. It is, in my opinion, the greatest musical of the last centuary!
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Cast & crew

Director: Patricia Birch

Producer: Robert Stigwood, Allan Carr

Cast: Maxwell Caulfield, Michelle Pfeiffer, Adrian Zmed, Lorna Luft, Didi Conn, Eve Arden, Sid Caesar, Tab Hunter full cast

Genre(s): Musicals

Duration: 114 mins

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