Staying Alive Reviews
Top CriticA 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.
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| Original Score: 1/4
Apollo Guide
So horrific are the musical sequences in this movie that you'll swear you were having nightmares directed by Satan himself.
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| Original Score: 29/100
Movie Eye
More like staying dead...a monotonous and unnecessary sequel that has all the grace and flow of a greased hog on rollerskates
| Original Score: 2/5
The bottom line is that Staying Alive is nowhere as good as its 1977 predecessor, Saturday Night Fever.
FulvueDrive-in.com
If 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.
| Original Score: 2/10
Kansas City Kansan
Was this sequel really necessary? Nope.
| Original Score: 2/5
Hollywood Bitchslap
The words 'directed by Sylvester Stallone' say it all.
| Original Score: 1/5
Juicy Cerebellum
Saturday Night Fever through the eyes of Stallone.
| Original Score: 2/5
BBC
This film constantly falls flat on its face.
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| Original Score: 2/5
A sequel with no understanding of what made its predecessor work.
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| Original Score: 1.5/5
All could be forgiven if it weren't for the soulless overall slickness.
TV Guide's Movie Guide
It all amounts to an embarrassing show of unrestrained, Hollywood-style egomania.
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| Original Score: 0/4
Film4
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.
