Staying Alive
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.
Critics Sentiment
Tony walks to Brooklyn and visits his mother Flo
Tony abandons script in solo dance then commands Laura to jump
The film jumps from its highest point during Tony's nostalgic Brooklyn visit (7.5) down to widespread mockery of the Satan's Alley finale (3.5), a 4-point drop.
Staying Alive receives mixed-to-negative reception that starts mediocre and gradually declines toward the overwrought Broadway finale. The film's sole bright spot comes during Tony's reflective return to Brooklyn, which critics found genuinely evocative. However, the shallow love triangle, wooden performances, and especially the campy Satan's Alley production drew consistent scorn from reviewers.
Full cast
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John Travolta
Tony Manero
Cynthia Rhodes
Jackie
Finola Hughes
Laura
Steve Inwood
Jesse
Julie Bovasso
Mrs. Manero
Charles Ward
Butler
Steve Bickford
Sound Technician
Patrick Brady
Derelict
Norma Donaldson
Fatima
Jesse Doran
Mark
Joyce Hyser
Linda
Deborah Jenssen
Margaret
Robert Martini
Fred
Sarah M. Miles
Joy
Tony Munafo
Doorman
Susan Olar
Model
Cindy Perlman
Cathy
Ross St. Phillip
Sound Man
Kurtwood Smith
Choreographer
Frank Stallone Jr.
Carl
Crew
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