Staying Alive 1983

Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine: As always Travolta is urban gorgeous and very charming. The rest of the film is neither. Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: A sequel with no understanding of what made its predecessor work. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: 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. Read more

Steve Grant, Time Out: All could be forgiven if it weren't for the soulless overall slickness. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: The bottom line is that Staying Alive is nowhere as good as its 1977 predecessor, Saturday Night Fever. Read more