Xanadu

1980

Action / Fantasy / Musical / Romance

32
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 58% · 46 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 58% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.4/10 10 16652 16.7K

musical roller-skating camp disco greek god

Plot summary

Kira, a Greek muse incarnated on Earth to inspire people, helps Dan McGuire and an artist named Sonny Malone to meet. She inspires them to build a huge disco roller rink called Xanadu.

Director

Robert Greenwald Photo
Robert Greenwald

Top cast

Marilyn Tokuda Photo
Marilyn Tokuda as Muse #6
Miranda Garrison Photo
Miranda Garrison as Xanadu Dancer
Patrick Reynolds Photo
Patrick Reynolds as Xanadu Dancer
Prairie Prince Photo
Prairie Prince as Member of The Tubes
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822.62 MB
1280*688
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 14
1.54 GB
1904*1024
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
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4.31 GB
3840*2160
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Traveler_12 6 / 10

Magic for the taking

I was 12 when I saw this movie and loved it. I would dream of being a magically glowing roller skating being from another realm for a couple years after the movie. And that's the point of this comment. There is magic there for the taking if you're looking for some. But if you'd rather sit there with your pencil and steno pad, notating every intellectual criticism you can brainstorm; I'm sure you can come up with a lot.You get to see Olivia skate and sing with Gene Kelly. There are some great songs by legendary pop band Electric Light Orchestra. There is some great music and a fun parallel universe available any time you want to put your pencil down.
Reviewed by ctomvelu-1 6 / 10

Listen to the music

It is best to fast-forward through the talking segment of XANADU and watch only the musical numbers, which ,mopsty of which are pretty terrific. This remake of a remake of a Rita Haworth movie has Gene Kelly and Michael Beck joining forces to open a rollerskating arena on a grand scale. To help them, a Muse played by Olivia Newton-John shows up in human form. She ain't no Haworth (or Ava Gardner In the first remake), but she tries hard and has a great song and dance number with Kelly. Otherwise, she is mostly window dressing. All of the acting is high school-level, with the talentless Beck totally miscast, although Kelly lends this often loony movie some class. The soundtrack is what makes XANADU a classic, of course.
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