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Director: Randal Kleiser
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From Time Out Film Guide
The real progenitor of this musical celebrating the rock'n'roll '50s, had it not fudged some of the less adequate dance numbers by shooting above the knees, would be West Side Story. Otherwise, the film aspires to some of the pretensions of Rebel Without a Cause, from which it borrows liberally while saddled with the liabilities of its dumb stage musical script. Its flashy opportunism (nostalgia pitched squarely at an audience too young to even recall the era) quickly becomes very irritating. Allusions to french letters and high school pregnancies, and double entendres allowed by the hindsight of this more 'permissive' society, scarcely conceal the fact that Grease is even more simplistic (and finally reactionary) than the beach blanket movies of the era. Lots of colour, movement, surface glitter, only one decent song (the title track sung by Frankie Valli).Author: RM
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- 87highschoolmusicalfan said...
- Posted on Nov 14 2008 14:15 its really gd and i enjoy watching it, its a little like grease 2 i would recomend people to watch it
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- Jodayyyyy (: said...
- Posted on Sep 24 2008 16:25 i LOVE grease its the most amazing film ever a real classic
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- adele said...
- Posted on Sep 23 2008 10:55 this film is one of the best ever made!! its an absolue classic!
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- Leanne said...
- Posted on Jul 26 2007 15:17 Grease is just fantastic!! One of the best films that has ever been produced. John Travolta is a good actor and made Grease the way it is! Recommend it to anyone to watch
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- Carey!x said...
- Posted on Jul 22 2007 18:07 Best Movie EVER
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Cast & crew
Director: Randal Kleiser
Producer: Robert Stigwood, Allan Carr
Cast: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Barry Pearl, Didi Conn, Eve Arden, Joan Blondell, Sid Caesar full cast
Genre(s): Musicals
Duration: 110 mins
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