Xanadu

Pros: songs, singing, dancing, choreography; Olivia and Gene Kelly; magical fun...

Cons: I would've liked Andy Gibb instead of Michael Beck

The Bottom Line: Xanadu is PG-rated and ninety-six minutes of audacious, magical fun! 

Review: For all of you fans of the musical fantasy from 1980 called Xanadu, we finally have the ultimate revelation of its strange and awesome beauty. In 2008's 2-Disc Magical Music Edition, a brilliantly rendered DVD with fantastic bonus features is ...

Pros: Soundtrack, special effects, Pan Pacific Auditorium a/k/a Xanadu.

Cons: Thin plot, predictable, cheesy love story.

The Bottom Line: “Where time stops and the magic never ends”

Review: Xanadu was doomed to fall under the heavy wheels of critics reviews when the trailers first started running. Generally films that involve disco, roller shaking and a thin, predictable plot never make it out of the gate before someone gives it a...

Pros: Fun music, a guilty pleasure

Cons: It's about a rollerdisco

Review: Why is it that Xanadu, considered by most professional film critics as one of the worst movies of all time, is such an enjoyable movie?

If you've never seen it, I'll sum it up for you like this:

Olivia Newton-John starts as Kira,...

Pros: the music, Gene Kelly dancing, and did I mention Olivia Newton-John in a peasant dress?

Cons: Bad editing.

The Bottom Line: Xanadu DVD proves that new technology doesn't necessarily transfere over.

Review: Xanadu is hard to define... It is billed as, "a look at the future and a loving rememberance of the way things were in heyday of Hollywood..." "The 40s meet the 80s in XANADU, a very special love story and the first lavish, old-fashioned musical to...

Pros: An incomprehensible trainwreck.

Cons: Some dull talky scenes that are best watched on fast-forward.

The Bottom Line: Unbelievably horrible, and therefore infinitely watchable.

Review: If the phrase "60-year-old Gene Kelley rollerskates to the music of a disco-themed marching band while leading a phalanx of line-dancing men in leisure suits around a set that includes a spinning disco floor, Olivia Newton-John in a cowboy outfit, men in ...

Pros: Effects, music and acting

Cons: Plot's a little bare in spots

Review: If you're a sf/techo-buff like me you'll love this film. Why? Because, at the time it was released, the effects were cutting edge. It's interesting to look back and see how rapidly special effects have developed over the past fifteen years or so....

Pros: Best soundtrack EVER!

Cons: Sonny

Review: Once upon a time, when I was much younger, a movie came out that redefined the way I listened to music, and the way I looked at Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly! We recorded the TV airing of Xanadu, and my younger brothers and sisters and I watched it...

Pros: Olivia Newton-John in her second US movie

Cons: If you're not into cult classics, this may not be the movie for you

Review: What a wonderful description of this movie! As a child, I can remember sitting in front of the TV with my eyes glued to the screen watching Olivia acting out the part of a young muse perfectly! Xanadu was a flop in theatres, but has become a cult...

Pros: Olivia Newton-John in her best performance since Grease, Gene Kelly in his last on film appearance, great music, and great choreography.

Cons: bad editing, Beck's performance, predictable ending, and an obvious play on the 0's Roller Skating craze

Review: Some may feel I am too young to remember when this movie came out, (being only 21) But I remember it vividly. I loved this movie and still do. The soundtrack is amongst some of the greats, everyone who loves ELO and ONJ should own it. Watching the movie...

Pros: Olivia Newton John, Gene Kelley, and ELO. Enough said.

Cons: None from me

Review: I don't care what anyone has to say, Xanadu is by far one of my favorite movies of all time! It is a musical from 1980 starring Olivia Newton John (in her 2nd American film), featuring the music of the Electric Light Orchestra and Gene Kelly. How could ...