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Not even spandex and over-the-top musical numbers can save Xanadu from questionable acting, unimpressive effects, and a story unencumbered by logic.
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"Xanadu" cannot possibly be described as a good movie, but it can be recommended to those who can tolerate large amounts of intravenous marzipan. April 1, 2019 | Full Review…
"Xanadu" cannot possibly be described as a good movie, but it can be recommended to those who can tolerate large amounts of intravenous marzipan.
Tom Shales
The acting is wooden, the direction and cinematography confused, the special effects largely out of place, the dramatic interest nonexistent. April 28, 2018 | Full Review…
The acting is wooden, the direction and cinematography confused, the special effects largely out of place, the dramatic interest nonexistent.
Jeff McLaughlin
Stupendously bad. March 26, 2009 | Full Review…
Stupendously bad.
Variety Staff
Conventional wisdom decrees that Xanadu is a horrible film. In a sense, conventional wisdom may be correct, but it ignores one key ingredient: viewed in the right frame of mind, this movie can be a lot of fun. June 10, 2008 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Conventional wisdom decrees that Xanadu is a horrible film. In a sense, conventional wisdom may be correct, but it ignores one key ingredient: viewed in the right frame of mind, this movie can be a lot of fun.
James Berardinelli
An experience so vacuous it's almost frightening. February 9, 2006 | Full Review…
An experience so vacuous it's almost frightening.
Ian Birch
This big-budget bubble-gum musical is appalling but compulsively watchable. August 16, 2005 | Full Review…
This big-budget bubble-gum musical is appalling but compulsively watchable.
Dave Kehr
The excessive effects and music are the main protagonists in this story where the best part is the choreography. [Full Review in Spanish] August 13, 2019 | Full Review…
The excessive effects and music are the main protagonists in this story where the best part is the choreography. [Full Review in Spanish]
Jesús Fernández Santos
Xanadu is total confection. It's 100% ridiculous. Very little of it makes sense.... They really should have nixed the idea of finding a Gibb look-a-like and went with a song-and-dance man instead. August 11, 2019 | Full Review…
Xanadu is total confection. It's 100% ridiculous. Very little of it makes sense.... They really should have nixed the idea of finding a Gibb look-a-like and went with a song-and-dance man instead.
Raquel Stecher
A laugh if only for its mind-boggling awfulness. April 1, 2019 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
A laugh if only for its mind-boggling awfulness.
Lorien Haynes
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. April 1, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
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.
William Thomas
Though meant to be a throwback to old-style Hollywood musicals, XANADU merely replaces style and substance with flash and glitz... April 1, 2019 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
Though meant to be a throwback to old-style Hollywood musicals, XANADU merely replaces style and substance with flash and glitz...
TV Guide Staff
Olivia Newton-John's encore-after Grease-is an awkward musical fantasy that dooms the Australian songbird to play a muse, one of Zeus' nine daughters. April 1, 2019 | Full Review…
Olivia Newton-John's encore-after Grease-is an awkward musical fantasy that dooms the Australian songbird to play a muse, one of Zeus' nine daughters.
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