Grease

Grease can serve as an easy target for aesthetes who deeply despise the mainstream and light entertainment because that's exactly what Grease without a doubt is. However, it is stylish, choreographically and musically on a professional level, and apart from the fact that I have never found a liking for John Travolta, it is very well cast. There are not many musicals that would stand the test of time and Grease definitely succeeds in that regard. At the time, the critics accepted Grease with great doubts - but you know critics, they often miss the mark in their categorical judgments. That a similar project can turn out much worse is evidenced when comparing it to Saturday Night Fever, which was made at the same time with the same John Travolta in the lead role. Overall impression: 75%. (21.10.2019)

Grease 2 is an extremely ordinary affair, matching the level of endless newbie reruns in the morning hours, but Grease is not much better. It’s hard to make two films different when you have a lot of the same cast and crew. I’m not interested in the bouncing Travolta and a weird Newton-John. I'd rather have the stage version with Lucy Lawless that she did in 1997. When it comes to Grease, I only laugh at Lorenzo Lamas. ;) (16.03.2009)

That 82% is a scary realization for me about how many multinicks my mom has here. A musical hell with implausible characters and a few decent songs after eight beers. Ugh, Travolta still gives me the creeps. (24.06.2012)

I simply love this movie. Even when I saw it for the first time on TV as a school obligation when I was a child, it completely captivated me. I love the songs that are sung here, and the silly story about a love that could never work. It's silly, but it's beautiful, and before I turned thirty, I finally realized how funny it is. This is a movie that I will definitely watch many times in my life. (17.10.2014)