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Grease (1978)

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All Time

of 190,142

229

1970's

of 10,575

32

1978

of 3,457

3
Comedy
- Comedy All Time
  
  of 36,552
  
  27
  
  Comedy of 1978
  
  of 100
  
  1
  
  Comedy of the 1970's
  
  of 1,030
  
  3
Musical
- Musical All Time
  
  of 3,076
  
  15
  
  Musical of 1978
  
  of 34
  
  1
  
  Musical of the 1970's
  
  of 181
  
  3
Romance
- Romance All Time
  
  of 6,887
  
  29
  
  Romance of 1978
  
  of 17
  
  1
  
  Romance of the 1970's
  
  of 176
  
  3
Teen
- Teen All Time
  
  of 332
  
  6
  
  Teen of 1978
  
  of 5
  
  1
  
  Teen of the 1970's
  
  of 18
  
  2

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Grease (1978) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.2578

Avg Critic Score:3.1024

Grease (1978) Rank 1 Reviews

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filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)

Besides the presence of strutting Travolta, what can account for the success of "Grease"? It presents the 1950s as people would like to see it: as a simpler, non-political era; a fashion and musical statement. Each gender knew their role. Girls wore ...read the complete Grease movie review at filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)

Slant Magazine

Allan Carr was responsible for the worst if not dullest Oscarcast in history and a disco musical�Can't Stop the Music�starring the Village People and Bruce Jenner in a cut-off T-shirt ludicrously played as heterosexually as possible. And yet I frequently ...read the complete Grease movie review at Slant Magazine

The Flying Inkpot (Lisa Marie Tan)

Issues aside, GREASE remains a well-made musical, perhaps not the most imaginative, to have a good production off the stage, but nonetheless possessing all the right timing, dance and song numbers, and cheeriness enough to blind one for a moment or two. ...read the complete Grease movie review at The Flying Inkpot (Lisa Marie Tan)

Cinopsis

Au collège Rydell High, tout se passe en musique. La timide Sandy tombe amoureuse du chef des T-Birds. Les T-Birds affrontent les Scorpions lors de courses de voitures. Les Pink Ladies draguent tout ce qui bouge... Et n'oubions pas: le bal de fin d'année. ...read the complete Grease movie review at Cinopsis

Bad Movie Night (Jeff DeLuzio)

With the recent anniversary rerelease of "Grease", and the resurrection of Travolta's acting career, the 1978 film, which originally played to full houses but decidedly mixed reviews, now wears the label of "classic" and receives uncritical acclaim in ...read the complete Grease movie review at Bad Movie Night (Jeff DeLuzio)

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