Italian crooner and comedy misfit Nino D'Angelo bungles around in this pretty dullsville comedy that is slightly misleading in it's title. While it is called "La Discoteca/ The Disco" the disco is sadly actually less of a focus than I'd hoped from the poster.
This is absolutely not "Saturday Night Fever" italian-style nor is it ANYWHERE close to my absolute favourite Italian disco-based movie "Jocks" aka "Music Fever" from 1984. Instead it's more about Nino working various types of jobs at resorts (first at a ski resort in Bolzano, then later on further south in Positano) and yet again chasing lady tail and warbling out various songs. I've hated on his singing before and I still stand beside that.. I just can't deal with it. There's also this continual joke of his boss being a version of Hitler that is totally not funny and also never seems to end.
The main entertaining bits here generally do actually happen at the various discos that exist in both spots Nino is at, especially watching Nino (or what may be a double at some points?) dance, which is some real next level odd residing somewhere between bizarre ancient folk dancing and an epileptic seizure.
This one's only for the real hardcore old school Italian comedy fans or people who can gleam some satisfaction out of gloriously tacky 80s fashion/hair styles/settings while ignoring most of the actual plot.
