Variety "...Zesty choreography and very excellent new plus revived music....Newton-John registers very impressively..." 06/07/1978New York Times "...A life that is all its own....Loaded with the kind of talent and exuberance you don't often find very far from a musical stage..." 06/16/1978 p.C10 Premiere "...It's a gum-snapping slice of cinema that's impossible to watch without smiling..." 04/01/1998 p.29 Chicago Sun-Times "...Pleasant and upbeat....Travolta is an important and enduring movie star..." 03/27/1998 p.34 Entertainment Weekly "...The enduring appeal of the teenybopping musical spawned a knock-off sequel, a Broadway revival, and countless high school productions..." 10/11/2002 p.61 Total Film "An era-blending, hip-twitching piece of pop culture, GREASE is still the word 25 years since its release..." 02/02/2004 p.120 Entertainment Weekly "Never underestimate the power of catchy tunes, Travolta's hips, and a sweet-yet-smutty script." -- Grade: B 09/22/2006 p.79 Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 7 of 10 Energetic, imaginative...spirited cast, clever ideas, and Patricia Birch's choreography make it fun. - Leonard Maltin San Fransisco Examiner & Chronicle 7 of 10 GREASE has aged pretty well...somehow now the energy seems infectiously giddier, the songs zingier, the camp higher... - Jane Ganahl
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