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village people can t stop the music | Year: 1980 Classification: Musical Directed: - Nancy Walker Five stars for pure cheese at the best! The five-star rating is not because it's a good movie. If it wasn't for The Village People and the music in the movie i'd rate it as a big zero stars. Don't watch this movie for any other reason than to watch the great musical numbers and to see The Village People. The acting is so embarrassing to watch, especially Steve Gutenburg's performance. I'm surprised he even got any further movie roles after he did this movie. Bruce Jenner was just a supreme dork in this movie, and although he was hot for Valerie Perine in the movie, i'm sure that he also lusted after some of the guys in The Village People too. This movie is filled with fun cheese and tons of gay references. Was there anyone who actually believed The Village People were straight? The funniest thing about this movie is how the producers try very hard to make them all appear to be straight. Too funny! If you love disco or The Village People, get this movie and skip right to the musical parts. They are a real treat to watch. The rest of the movie is just too stupid to bother sitting through, unless maybe you've had a few drinks or a toke first. WHY HASN'T CRITERION PICKED THIS UP? SO AWFUL IT'S GOOD! Considering that this movie has managed, as a result of its incredibly dismal box office record back in 1980, to end any ideas that Hollywood might have about future movie musicals, it's a mystery that Criterion hasn't picked this up for remastering and augmentation with countless extra features (both the director and the producer have since passed away, so the time is right...hello, Criterion! ). Besides, if they can release that awful sci-fi flick "Armageddon" on a double-DVD set, they can surely strike gold with this movie. What more can be said about this ill-timed disco musical fantasy/biography that hasn't already been mentioned? I remember paying to see this in a theater where I was the only soul in attendance! It was pretty bad then, and it's just as bad now, if not worse. The film retells the formation of the Village People. They star as themselves (before the big 1980/1981 personnel change, anyway) and are accompanied by Steve Guttenberg who's terrible, Valerie Perrine who's even worse, and Bruce Jenner before his face-feminizing plastic surgery. The storyline is pure fantasy (it IS a musical, isn't it?), and the acting is really bottom-of-the-barrel--it's no wonder I haven't seen any of these people ever do anything else--. Ahh, but there's the sweet disco music that more than makes up for the actors' shortcomings! That this movie was directed by Nancy Walker (of "Rhoda" fame) should tell you something. Some moments are so bad, you'll be screaming in disbelief. The scene in which the construction worker dreams of being attacked by beautiful women is hilarious (yeah, like we believe that one!). The YMCA scenes will cause your jaw to drop...the slow motion, the split screen, the mirrored images, and the Esther Williams-like pool plunge must be seen to be believed! The musical milk commercial that seems to go on forever. The baton-on-fire-twirling mustached man in tight gold lame shorts who proudly states, "James is my name, and flaming's my game!" (I kid you not!). And, as someone else mentioned, Valerie's non-melting double-scoop ice cream cone whose chocolate and vanilla flavors switch positions randomly and which can be easily waived about with no fear of falling to the ground. And it goes on and on...the fun never ends. Amazing! So, now that I've railed on and on about the movie, why did I give it 5 stars? For the simple reason that no movie could have purposely been done with the idea that it would end up this bad. Somebody somwhere definitely thought this was a commercially feasible movie. That alone deserves five stars. But the fact that you will be on the floor laughing your head off when you see this is enough. Buy this film, get lots of popcorn, invite some friends over, and get ready to have a truly unreal evening. Get this before it goes out-of-print. Relentlessly incredible This film is one of the best musical movies ever made. The Village People are incredible. I highly recommend this film to everyone that likes to watch a bunch of fun people having a great time. Buy Village People Can T Stop The Music at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Village People Can T Stop The Music Search with the Priority Search Engine on Village People Can T Stop The Music This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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