Review of Saturday Night Fever (1977) by Robert G — 14 Sep 2008

If you take away the disco music, an actually extremely deep, well-crafted film.

This review of Saturday Night Fever (1977) was written by Robert G on 14 Sep 2008.

Saturday Night Fever has generally received positive reviews.

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