Xanadu

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Ky W Beyond amazing campy cheesy family fun. Great music. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/07/22 Full Review Jacob G With an extraordinary soundtrack and abundant nostalgic content, this cult classic and definitive time capsule of the early 1980s transports its audience on an enchanting journey. Aided by the consistently remarkable performances of Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly, XANADU constantly evokes a sense of excitement in its audience. While XANADU is not without flaws and imperfections, these only serve to enhance its unique qualities and make it more captivating. The most endearing aspect of XANADU is its unparalleled uniqueness, akin to its elusive title, playful mythology, and unconventional style. This exclusivity makes it all the more alluring and fascinating. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/11/25 Full Review Anders C 2 Stars for movie 5 Stars Music Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/09/25 Full Review Sanja S This was completely bonkers in the best kind of trashy movie way. I love the tunes and the insane plot for it's unapologetically lacking in logic of sense. I would describe this as a set of music videos with interludes, but what a set it is! Gene Kelly was so charming and he's still got it. Oh, how I love me some 80s trash movies. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/07/25 Full Review DanTheMan 2 You can learn a lot from a bad film, one made with complete earnestness but fails so spectacularly that you can't help but enjoy it. Xanadu is very much one of those films, simultaneously existing as one of the dumbest yet most joyful films of the 80s, managing to trumpet the worst excesses of both the fading 70s disco craze and the burgeoning 80s New Wave scene. It's engagingly surrealistic in a pop-glitter way sort of way. The film is obviously meant to be a throwback to old-style Hollywood musicals, but unfortunately merely replaces style and substance with flash and glitz; not even the spandex and over-the-top musical numbers can save Xanadu from the questionable acting, confused direction and photography, hilarious low brow special effects and story completely unencumbered by logic. Granted, there are a few saving graces sprinkled throughout, the Don Bluth animated sequence is incredible, Gene Kelly is giving it his all in a role that doesn't demand a lot but one he still commits 100% to and, honestly, I dug the music a lot. Xanadu strives mightily to achieve magic, but for all its sunbeams, mirages and tricky dissolves, it remains mostly humourless and a choreographer's worst nightmare. Total confection and 100% ridiculous in all its mindboggling awfulness. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/25 Full Review CodyZamboni Z Colorful, feel good, campy movie with terrific songs, Courtesy mostly to Jeff Lynne of ELO , Eye catching Kenny Ortega roller skating, choregography, And nice seeing Gene Kelly in his final musical, going out with class, The entire movie's success belongs to Olivia Newton-John, So beautiful, so charming , so charismatic, so radiant, She literally lights up the screen. It's too bad her miscast costar Michael Beck comes across as a wooden bore. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/29/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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