Grease

Fresh: Its sensibility is not tied to the past but to a free-wheeling, well informed, high-spirited present. – Vincent Canby, New York Times, Jul 16, 2008

Fresh: Grease has got it, from the outstanding animated titles of John Wilson all the way through the rousing finale as John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John ride off into teenage happiness. – Variety Staff, Variety, Jul 7, 2010

Rotten: The screenplay is a prepubescent shambles, the direction is by acne out of disposable douches, the dubbing and looping of the songs is painfully obvious, the characterizations are generally repulsive and the whole thing is utterly without style. – John L. Wasserman, San Francisco Chronicle, Mar 15, 2013

Fresh: The friskiness of the performers, the choreography by Patricia Birch and most of all Travolta's phenomenal charm give it its value. – Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle, Mar 7, 2001