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Staying Alive
1983 96 min United Kingdom, United States of America PG 12+
★4.6
Drama, Music, Romance
Director: Sylvester Stallone
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Description
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.
Budget:
$22M
US Gross:
$64.89M
Worldwide:
$126.04M
Starring
John Travolta
Actor
Cynthia Rhodes
Actor
Finola Hughes
Actor
Awards
Razzie Awards 1984
— Worst Supporting Actress
Razzie Awards 1984
— Worst New Star
Golden Globe 1984
— Best Original Song
Razzie Awards 1984
— Worst Actor
Key opinion
Staying Alive is a divisive sequel that largely fails as a narrative successor to Saturday Night Fever but functions as a stylish, dance-heavy artifact of the 1980s. While critics decry its thin plot and poor dialogue, many viewers enjoy the film as a standalone showcase of John Travolta's physical charisma and the era's vibrant music.
| Acting | John Travolta commands the screen with a charismatic physical presence and committed dance performance. | |
| Production | The film excels as a showcase for dance sequences and energetic 1980s choreography. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay is widely regarded as thin, melodramatic, and lacking the depth of its predecessor. | |
| Direction | Opinions on Sylvester Stallone's direction are split: some praise his ability to craft stylish, rhythmic set-pieces, while others find the film's overall structure to be a hollow, director-driven failure. | |
| Adaptation | The film functions well as a standalone entertainment for fans of dance movies, but frequently disappoints those seeking a meaningful narrative connection to the original film. |