Review of Thank God It's Friday

Disco cult classic I'd never seen is a fun artifact of its time, but taken on its own is not all that good. The film follows a collection of characters who's lives intersect one evening at Jeff Goldbum's(!) L.A. discotheque. It's kind of like "Saturday Night Fever" meets a Robert Altman ensemble film (imagine a bad disco version of "Nashville"). Comparing this to an Altman film is way too generous because this film's episodic and overlapping stories are closer to your average episode of "The Love Boat" or "Fantasy Island." Still, the hair & fashion, the music (including a score by Giorgio Moroder), and a before-they-were-famous Jeff Goldblum and Debra Winger make "Thank God It's Friday" an entertaining time capsule, if not an actual good film.