Grease
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Grease

Grease is the word.

1978 • 110 min • Romance · Comedy

Synopsis

Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?

Our family guide

Best from age 10
91
Movie Knight Score
7749 reviews
  • 100 Reviewers · 5 · 65%
  • 74 Audience · 7744 · 35%

Good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fall in love during summer, only to find themselves at the same high school. Navigating cliques, rivalries, and expectations, they try to rekindle their romance amidst singing and dancing. It's a fun, upbeat musical with classic tunes and a nostalgic setting.

Violence & peril
2/10
Language
3/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
3/10
Romance & sensuality
4/10
Scary moments
1/10

Heads up

  • Some suggestive dancing and outfits
  • Characters smoke cigarettes and drink
  • Brief discussions of teenage pregnancy
  • A few mild profanities

What it models well

  • Friendship and loyalty
  • Self-discovery and change
  • Forgiveness and understanding

Talk about it after

  • Stereotypes and social pressure
  • Fitting in versus being yourself
  • Making choices about relationships
  • Understanding different perspectives

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Top billed cast

Director: Randal Kleiser • Crew: Bronté Woodard

Trailers & clips

45th Anniversary Spot

"What's The Matter With You" Clip

Hopelessly Devoted

Paramount Movies Trailer

The Stars Weigh in on the Enduring Legacy of "Grease"

"Grease" 40th Anniversary: Didi Conn on Being a Beauty School Dropout

Casting Olivia Newton-John in 'Grease' | 40th Anniversary

"Grease" 40th Anniversary: John Travolta Talks About Instant Fame

Reviewer notes

Recommended

"Sandy" (Olivia Newton John) is a well brought up young girl who meets and falls in love with "Danny" (John Travolta) during summer break in late 1950's California. When they both start high school, though, we discover she to be the archetypical preppie-type who hangs about with Stockard Channing's "Pink Ladies" and he the leader of the "T-Birds" - the school's leather and white T-shirt clad greasers. Their obviou...

Recommended

This oddly enough is the one and only Musical I like. I like a couple of the songs too. It's a classic, everyone in the world knows this movie.

Recommended

Click here for a video version of this review: https://youtu.be/gvGcY-PMazg I don’t even know when I added it to my watchlist, but working through my backlog, the musical _Grease_ suddenly became the next movie to watch. This is of course a classic and I cannot name one person who does know at least one song from it. So, deep in your brain somewhere, you’re probably aware generally of what this is about, bu...

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

You're a fake and a phony and I wish I never laid eyes on you! Grease is directed by Randal Kleiser and stars John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing & Jeff Conaway. It's co-written by Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey (Musical), Bronte Woodard & Allan Carr. 1958 and Danny (Travolta) has a holiday romance with the pretty and virginal Sandy (Newton-John). She ends up going to the same high school as he, b...

Recommended

Grease is definitely the word! ... When my family (my mother, my brother, and I) went out on our traditional weekly "Movie Date Night" (as we so lovingly named it during that time) to see Grease at the Chicago Theater, "Thank God It's Friday" had been playing at the old State and Lake Theater right across the street from the CT. And me being a hopeless Donna Summer fanatic, naturally I'd wanted to see "TGIF" to...

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