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Staying Alive

1983

Sylvester Stallone

John Travolta, Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes, Steve Inwood ...

4.2

1,921

Musical A sequel to Saturday Night Fever. The story finds Tony Manero (Travolta) six years later working as a waiter in a nightclub while he tries to realize his dreams of dancing on Broadway. He eventually makes the cut as an extra for a show and immediately sets his sights on the show's snooty prima-donna star (Finola Hughes). Meanwhile, the nice girl he's been seeing (Cynthia Rhodes) stands by her man, waiting patiently for him to come ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"A big disappointment (...) It isn't really a movie at all, but an endless series of musical interludes between dramatic scenes that aren't there (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"A sequel with no understanding of what made its predecessor work."	NEG
United Kingdom	John Ferguson Radio Times	"Not quite a career low for John Travolta but one he nevertheless would probably love to forget (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Slant	"There’s just no reason to have told this story to begin with. We didn’t wonder what ever became of Tony Manero because we already knew: nothing much."	NEG
United Kingdom	Ali Barclay BBC	"A painful movie experience. The dance sequences fall very short after the electrifying performances of the first film, as does the music (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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