Great music, Gene Kelly, what more can I say. However there is some foul language from Sonny.

The most important film in history.

Probably one of the worst movies you'll ever see with some of the worst acting you'll ever see, but I remember watching this as a kid, and to me it'll always have a special meaning. It also has an incredible soundtrack, thanks in part to ELO.

Zzzzz

"This modern musical - with tunes written by Where Are They Now pop band ELO - falls flat on its face simply because the premise is so utterly ludicrous."

I liked the ELO music, but that's pretty much it.

Not really a good movie, but I'm glad it exists, in all its naive idealism and sparkle-filled glory. A guilty pleasure.

XANADU's overload of kitsch aside, it's failure is largely due to the lame script, with only three characters of real consequence, and a plot that barely exists, which in any case is largely an excuse for overscaled musical numbers. These have some imagination behind them--it looks pretty good, all told--but they also tend to go on forever, and after a while, boredom sets in; the film basically gives up on the story in the third act. Gene Kelly steals the show with his customary class.

So fucking cheesy it is almost unbearable. If you can get past that there is some decent music and dance.

A blast from the past - Grease meets Singing in the Rain (on roller skates no less!) yep they had some good drugs in 1980

Yes, it is cheesy as hell, but sadly not quite batshit crazy/thoroughly incompetent enough to properly qualify for The Apple-level camp masterpiece status. Instead it is mostly just boring, although some of the ELO music is not bad. I'm sure it has a gay following out there who go to revival shows and sing along, but really for anyone else i don't think it is worth the time.

brrrr....

A guilty pleasure and fun childhood-memory. Sometimes... costumes, music and singers can be enough. (sometimes)

Don't take it so damn seriously, people! Hilarious camp, with some decent songs and a weird here-comes-Reagan vibe. Plus Gene Kelly on roller skates (again). Compare it side by side with the godawful Can't Stop the Music and you'll see what I mean.

Truly ridiculous. Olivia has never looked less charismatic (I hope).

Very very poor.

I'm not normally one to just go along with the crowd, but this was really terrible. As for its camp value--I like my camp to be, well, actually campy. This was just limp and cheesy (and not in a fun way).

when you see a trend in a movie, you know it's already lame, such as roller disco skating...

I still love the soundtrack (especially the ELO). This film would have been so much better without the male lead, who is just abhorrent and annoying.

DNF

Needed an ending, but great music.

Yeah the movie is cheesy and dated but I still find myself humming Xanadu every now and then.