77
Metascore
7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago TribuneGene SiskelChicago TribuneGene SiskelOne minute into Saturday Night Fever you know this picture is onto something, that it knows what it's talking about. [15 Oct 1999, Siskel Years, p.6]
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt's also interesting to see how little screen time the final disco competition really has, considering how large it looms in our memories.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyTravolta molds what could have been an equally obvious character into a substantial, tragic figure.
- 80Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderA small, solid film, made with craft if not resonance.
- 80TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineThe story here is really secondary to character and milieu, as director John Badham and his actors create a convincing portrait of frustrated 1970s working-class youth and the escape offered by the swirling lights and pulsing rhythms of the disco.
- 70The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinFever beings to flag when, after an initial hour filled with high spirits and jubilant music, it settles down to tell its story; the effect is so deflating that it's almost as though another Monday has rolled around and it's time to get back to work.
- 30VarietyVarietyThe clumsy story lurches forward through predictable travail and treacle, separated by phonograph records (or vice versa).