Thank God It's Friday (1978) Reviews

What a fascinating and godawful curio this is. Can something with a banging soundtrack really be all that bad? In the answer, it would appear, is yeah, it can. Famous for being the first big screen role of Debra Winger, containing Donna Summer’s immortal “Last Dance” (which won the Best Song Oscar), and a disco soundtrack that’s still sonically pleasing, Thank God It’s Friday never bothered to populate its busy plot with compelling characters or incident. Everyone is only as deep as their initial impression and they don’t develop much from there. Aside from Winger, Jeff Goldblum is probably the biggest actor in the cast here, and it is fun to see Summer and the Commodores lend some veracity to the era-specific ethnography. Unless you’re deeply curious about the disco scene or want to watch Berlin’s Terri Nunn in her pre-fame acting days, then there’s not much incentive to check out the film. Seek out the soundtrack, though. That’s worth your time.