Review – Can't Stop the Music

You can’t stop the torment. Nobody can stop the torment. The really scary part about this movie is that it must have been what the 80s looked like back before AIDS and Ronald Reagan stole the show. Though the reality proved to be worse, this fantasy still would have been pretty bad. Start with the very idea of a movie structured around the Village People. Add Steve Gutenberg, Valerie Perrine, Bruce Jenner, and a handful of other “luminaries.” Then throw in some of the worst dialogue ever committed to film. Ah, but the topping on this cake of wretchedness is the apparently-unstoppable music. “YMCA” – one of the group’s earlier hits – is the only recognizable tune in the whole picture, amply demonstrating just what a failed marketing device the whole thing turned out to be. See if desperate