It's five years later and Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenger yet - making it as a dancer on the Broadway stage.
A sequel with no understanding of what made its predecessor work.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
30 Aug 2004
rotten:
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.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
rotten:
All could be forgiven if it weren't for the soulless overall slickness.
– Steve Grant,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
The bottom line is that Staying Alive is nowhere as good as its 1977 predecessor, Saturday Night Fever.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
24 Oct 2008
rotten:
As always Travolta is urban gorgeous and very charming. The rest of the film is neither.