Tracking Travolta's adventures as he gets to perform on Broadway and falls in and out of love, director Stallone is in his mindless mode when it comes to characterization.
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02/25/09
Staying Alive (1983)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:0
Rotten:20
Average Rating:2.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: John Travolta returns as a pumped-up Tony Manero in this sequel to the 1977 hit movie, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER. Tony is now a struggling dancer/instructor, looking for his big break in a Broadway... [More]
Starring: John Travolta, Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes, Steve Inwood
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Reviews for Staying Alive
1 - 20 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticAll could be forgiven if it weren't for the soulless overall slickness.
06/24/06
Top CriticNo review available.
09/27/03
This film constantly falls flat on its face.
04/17/01
Top CriticIt all amounts to an embarrassing show of unrestrained, Hollywood-style egomania.
02/25/09
Top CriticThe bottom line is that Staying Alive is nowhere as good as its 1977 predecessor, Saturday Night Fever.
10/24/08
Top CriticIf not quite one of the worst sequels ever made, it's near the top of the list of all-time most disappointing sequels. Writer-director Stallone stupidly attempts to turn Tony Manero into a dancing Rocky.
10/25/07
No review available.
07/29/05
No review available.
07/07/05
No review available.
12/28/04
A slick, commercial cinematic jukebox, a series of self-contained song-and-dance sequences that could be cut apart and played forever on MTV -- which is probably what will happen.
10/23/04
Top CriticWas this sequel really necessary? Nope.
10/15/04
A sequel with no understanding of what made its predecessor work.
08/30/04
Top CriticNo review available.
02/20/04
Saturday Night Fever through the eyes of Stallone.
11/13/03
No review available.
08/21/03
So horrific are the musical sequences in this movie that you’ll swear you were having nightmares directed by Satan himself.
08/16/03
1.5
07/18/03
More like staying dead...a monotonous and unnecessary sequel that has all the grace and flow of a greased hog on rollerskates
05/27/03
The words 'directed by Sylvester Stallone' say it all.
03/25/03
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