Critic Reviews
| 80 |
Film.com
A wonderfully witty homage to the very king of disco movies -- "Saturday Night Fever."
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| 80 |
Los Angeles Times
A tale that's sweet-natured, funny and surprisingly touching.
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| 75 |
New York Daily News
Cannibalizes "Saturday Night Fever" for everything from structure to plot, but does it adorably.
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| 75 |
Chicago Sun-Times
It's a funny homage, a nod to the way that some movies are universal in their appeal.
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| 75 |
Chicago Tribune
Spins a fairy tale web that is hard to escape.
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| 70 |
Newsweek
Esther Pan
A warm-hearted romp that will leave you smiling -- and strutting.
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| 63 |
USA Today
A further dose of "been there/done that."
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| 59 |
Mr. Showbiz
Affectionately skewers the age of polyester pants.
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| 50 |
The New York Times
Amounts to recycling rather than reinvention.
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| 50 |
Village Voice
Justine Elias
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.
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| 50 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
A low-maintenance crowd-pleaser, but we've seen the entire film, in thematic snippets, before.
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| 50 |
San Francisco Chronicle
Light and innocuous.
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| 50 |
TV Guide
There's something inherently funny and surreal about Chinese kids speaking Singlish while trying to be goombahs from Brooklyn.
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| 50 |
New York Post
Amateurishly written and directed, and so predictable that it hurts.
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| 42 |
Entertainment Weekly
Steve Daly
Cute, but there's no movie here -- just a transcultural replication.
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| 40 |
Austin Chronicle
A wistful, humorous, but ultimately fluffy look at those halcyon days, before punk, junk, and the onslaught of the Eighties.
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| 40 |
Chicago Reader
Never seems to find its tone.
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| 40 |
LA Weekly
Goei's sharp-eyed satiric sense evokes the diversity and energy of Singapore, and his good-humored nostalgia makes disco rise from the dead.
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