Rotten
As always Travolta is urban gorgeous and very charming. The rest of the film is neither.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Staying Alive
Tony Manero knows the old days are over. But nobody's gonna tell him he can't feel that good again.
1983 · 1h 36m · PG
Drama, Music, Romance
Directed by
Sylvester Stallone
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Staying Alive
Overview
Five years later, Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever still burns. Now he's struts toward his biggest challenger yet - making it as a dancer on the Broadway stage.
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Rotten
The bottom line is that Staying Alive is nowhere as good as its 1977 predecessor, Saturday Night Fever.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
All could be forgiven if it weren't for the soulless overall slickness.
Steve Grant, Time Out
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
Rotten
A sequel with no understanding of what made its predecessor work.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
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