Review of Xanadu (1980) by Tom Shales for Washington Post — 08 Feb 2013
This big-budget bubble-gum musical is appalling but compulsively watchable; it's the perfect crystallization of a 13-year-old girl's taste, circa 1980, complete with roller discos, dreamy boys, fashion shows, and fantasy father figures.
Director Robert Greenwald has a lot of ideas, all of them bad: his style could be described as rapid misfire.
This review of Xanadu (1980) was written by Tom Shales and published by Washington Post on 08 Feb 2013.
Xanadu has generally received mixed reviews.
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