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52 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
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  1. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Tom Keogh
    80
    A wonderfully witty homage to the very king of disco movies -- "Saturday Night Fever."
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    80
    A tale that's sweet-natured, funny and surprisingly touching.
  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    It's a funny homage, a nod to the way that some movies are universal in their appeal.
  4. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: John Petrakis
    75
    Spins a fairy tale web that is hard to escape.
  5. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    75
    Cannibalizes "Saturday Night Fever" for everything from structure to plot, but does it adorably.
  6. Newsweek
    Reviewed by: Esther Pan
    70
    A warm-hearted romp that will leave you smiling -- and strutting.
  7. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Staff [Not Credited]
    63
    A further dose of "been there/done that."
  8. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Kevin Maynard
    59
    Affectionately skewers the age of polyester pants.
  9. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    50
    Amateurishly written and directed, and so predictable that it hurts.
  10. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Edward Guthmann
    50
    Light and innocuous.
  11. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Steve Simels
    50
    There's something inherently funny and surreal about Chinese kids speaking Singlish while trying to be goombahs from Brooklyn.
  12. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Paula Nechak
    50
    A low-maintenance crowd-pleaser, but we've seen the entire film, in thematic snippets, before.
  13. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Justine Elias
    50
    Writer- director Glen Goei, a London stage actor, ably guides his likable cast through this by-the-numbers story, but he is hobbled by the film's lifeless soundtrack.
  14. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Van Gelder
    50
    Amounts to recycling rather than reinvention.
  15. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Steve Daly
    42
    Cute, but there's no movie here -- just a transcultural replication.
  16. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    40
    A wistful, humorous, but ultimately fluffy look at those halcyon days, before punk, junk, and the onslaught of the Eighties.
  17. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: F. X. Feeney
    40
    Goei's sharp-eyed satiric sense evokes the diversity and energy of Singapore, and his good-humored nostalgia makes disco rise from the dead.
  18. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    40
    Never seems to find its tone.
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