Stay Hungry

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Stay Hungry

R,

1976,

1h 39m,

Comedy/

Drama

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69%

16 Reviews

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40%

2,500+ Ratings

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69%

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16 Reviews

40%

Popcornmeter

2,500+ Ratings

A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake (Jeff Bridges) to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after spending time with weightlifter Joe Santo (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and gym worker Mary Tate Farnsworth (Sally Field), Craig wants out of the deal. The property negotiations turn ugly, causing a brawl at the gym and a spectacle at a big bodybuilding meet, as Craig learns that it's not easy to turn your back on fair-weather friends.

Variety Staff

Variety

Mar 26, 2009

Underneath it all is a lurching and poorly defined film concept.

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Nigel Floyd

Time Out

Jun 24, 2006

It has its slack spells, but Rafelson's sure feel for the inexpressible subtleties of emotional relationships is evident throughout.

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

May 9, 2005

2.5/5

It is the sort of movie whose vapidity is exposed as soon as the clutter is removed.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Aug 29, 2024

B-

Works fine as a character story.

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John Draver

Philadelphia Gay News

May 26, 2020

The characters seem to drift from one incident to another without involving the viewer much at all.

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Jacoba Atlas

Los Angeles Free Press

Nov 14, 2019

There is nothing predictable about Stay Hunrgry, nothing formula, nothing boring.

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Han S

Oct 1, 2007

7/15/2017: Meh. A good cast, but a pretty dull movie. Where was the comedy?!

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Bob Rafelson

Director

Jeff Bridges

Craig Blake

Sally Field

Mary Tate Farnsworth

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Joe Santo

R. G. Armstrong

Thor Erickson

Robert Englund

Franklin

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Synopsis

A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake (Jeff Bridges) to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after spending time with weightlifter Joe Santo (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and gym worker Mary Tate Farnsworth (Sally Field), Craig wants out of the deal. The property negotiations turn ugly, causing a brawl at the gym and a spectacle at a big bodybuilding meet, as Craig learns that it's not easy to turn your back on fair-weather friends.

Director: Bob Rafelson
Producer: Bob Rafelson, Harold Schneider
Screenwriter: Charles Gaines, Bob Rafelson
Distributor: United Artists
Production Co: Outov Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 23, 1976, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2008
Runtime: 1h 39m

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