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Village People - Can't Stop the Music (1980)

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Glitz producer Allan Carr tries to cash in on the late-'70s disco boom with Can't Stop the Music -- a film of such Brobdingnagian banality that it almost in itself stopped the disco movement cold. Comedienne Nancy Walker directed this musical chronicle, purporting to relate the legend of the formation of the disco group The Village People. Valerie Perrine is Samantha Simpson, a helpful ex-model who attempts to get her roommate, Jack Morrell's (Steve Guttenberg), songwriting career off the ground

PG, 2 hr.

Musical & Performing Arts, Cult Movies

Directed By: Nancy Walker

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1980 Wide

On DVD: Apr 16, 2002

Cast

Ray Simpson
Policeman
Valerie Perrine
Samantha Simpson
Steve Guttenberg
Jack Morell
David Hodo
Construction Worker
June Havoc
Helen Morell
Felipe Rose
Indian
Barbara Rush
Norma White
Randy Jones
Cowboy
Glenn R. Hughes
Leatherman
Leigh Taylor-Young
Claudia Walters
Alex Briley
GI
Bruce Jenner
Ron White
Paul Sand
Steve Waits
Tammy Grimes
Sydney Channing
Altovise Davis
Alicia Edwards
Marilyn Sokol
Lulu Brecht
Russell Nype
Richard Montgomery
Jack Weston
Benny Murray
Dick Patterson
Record Store Manager
Bobo Lewis
Bread Woman
Paula Trueman
Stickup Lady
Portia Nelson
Law Office Receptionist
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Critic Reviews for Village People - Can't Stop the Music

All Critics (13) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (12) | DVD (5)

The Village People, along with ex-Olympic decathlon champion Bruce Jenner, have a long way to go in the acting stakes.

December 8, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

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The unevenness of the acting comes as a kind of blessing, though, since the rest of the movie is so thoroughly homogenized.

August 30, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

Top Critic

Please DO stop the music! A '70s disco holdover.

February 19, 2008 Comment

Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

This botched affair... goes absolutely nowhere and failed to cause much of a stir with moviegoers who, by the time of its release, were jumping on the disco backlash bandwagon.

December 8, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

It's tough to believe any movie that opens with Steve Guttenberg dancing on rollerskates could actually get worse from there, but it does -- and in such spectacular fashion!

July 18, 2006 Comment

Sean Burns

Philadelphia Weekly

A wretchedly sub-standard score from Jacques Morali and production numbers of exceptional tackiness round things off.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

An absolute train wreck of a movie, but viewed as a sort of fevered dream, some hilariously campy moments!

July 16, 2004 Comment

Nell Minow

Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Points for not calling it "The Village People Movie" -- but not many.

July 27, 2002 Comment

Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

How bad is this infamous 1980 musical mega-dud? So bad that it stars not, one, not two, but three people who can't sing, dance or act.

November 6, 2001 Full Review Source: Movieline

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Edward Margulies

Movieline

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A fun, cheesy, musical about the Village People! Whether or not you like the band, if you like fun 80s movies that are a little cheesy, you'll enjoy this movie like I did. Of course, it could be a little better, but it's pretty good.

November 10, 2010

AJ Verser

Super Reviewer

Mindnumbingly awful, a LOT of terrible acting, particularly Bruce Jenner, and laugh out loud ridiculous musical numbers but still hypnotic in its hopeless crassness and late 70's-early 80's excess.

July 12, 2007

jay nixon

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