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Can't Stop the Music

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Can't Stop the Music (1980)

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Reviews Counted:12

Fresh:1

Rotten:11

Average Rating:2.3/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Synopsis: 70's disco music and style set the tone for this flashy comedy. Samantha, a former model, comes to the aid of her roommate Jack, an aspiring songwriter who's vowed to stay celibate until he... 70's disco music and style set the tone for this flashy comedy. Samantha, a former model, comes to the aid of her roommate Jack, an aspiring songwriter who's vowed to stay celibate until he achieves musical success. Samantha invites a group of arty friends from Greenwich Village to a party -- an Indian chief, a construction worker, a cowboy, a policeman, a soldier, and a couple of leather boys! Then, they all get together and stage such a wild, campy, "dance feverish" show using Jack's songs, that his career skyrockets! The popular group "Village People" stars in this rags-to-riches musical extravaganza. Big budget production with a top of the charts soundtrack. [More]

Starring: Valerie Perrine, Bruce Jenner, Steve Guttenberg

Starring: Valerie Perrine, Bruce Jenner, Steve Guttenberg

Director: Nancy Walker

Director: Nancy Walker

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05/23/03
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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10/18/02
Brian J. Arthurs
Brian J. Arthurs
Beach Reporter (Southern California)

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

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07/27/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

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06/25/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

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

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07/16/04
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

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

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08/30/04
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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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!

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07/18/06
Sean Burns
Sean Burns
Philadelphia Weekly

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

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02/09/06
Time Out

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.

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12/08/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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

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12/08/07
Variety Staff
Variety Staff
Variety

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

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02/19/08
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
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04/27/03
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