Review of Thank God It's Friday (1978) by Aj V — 09 Oct 2010
I know alot of critics and movie buffs hate this movie but this is one of those guilty pleasures for me. Disco was popular in the late 70's and Saturday Night Fever started the short movie trend but I really liked the characters in this film even though it wasn't the most well thought out comedy screenplay.
What was unintentionally brilliant about this film was that all the characters who came together that night at the Zoo disco were larger than life stereotypes that represented the free spirited late 70's well.
You had the playboy club owner, the conservative older couple, the two underage high school girls, the Hispanic disco king, the cool disc jockey, the mismatched computer daters, the wannabe singer, the drugged out ex-hippy scatterbrain, the boy next door and girl next door who of course don't find each other until the end and they are all surrounded by polyester wearing boors and spandex wearing airheads, set to the music of Donna Summer & the Commodores.
The movie had many funny moments but the best was when the conservative husband Dave,who didn't even want to be there hooked up with the ex-hippy scatterbrain and after feeding him numerous drugs consisting of uppers and downers decides to rename him "Babakazoo".
This review of Thank God It's Friday (1978) was written by Aj V on 09 Oct 2010.
Thank God It's Friday has generally received mixed reviews.
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