
A syndicate wants to buy a whole district to rebuild it. They've bought every house except the small gym "Olympic", where Mr. Austria Joe Santo prepares for the Mr. Universum championships a month ahead. The rich sunny-boy Craig Blake is brought in by the syndicate as a dummy to buy the gym. But then he starts to like the people and falls in love with Joe's friend Mary Tate.... (Full plot summary below)
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A syndicate wants to buy a whole district to rebuild it. They've bought every house except the small gym "Olympic", where Mr. Austria Joe Santo prepares for the Mr. Universum championships a month ahead. The rich sunny-boy Craig Blake is brought in by the syndicate as a dummy to buy the gym. But then he starts to like the people and falls in love with Joe's friend Mary Tate.
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| Radio TimesTom HutchinsonTotally laid-back, this all seems pointlessly unstructured, until you realise that's the way it's supposed to be: an endearing look at barbell bums who may never win through, but have fun trying. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertOne of the best things about Stay Hungry is that we have almost no idea where it's going; it's as free-form as Nashville and Rafelson is cheerfully willing to pause here and there for set pieces. |
| The A.V. ClubNathan RabinA smiley-face ending feels like a lazy copout, but the end credits, which put faces to all the names in the uniformly fine cast, underline this shaggy sleeper's greatest strength: creating a slew of characters worth getting to know. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...if nothing else, the film is worth checking out for the sight of Arnold Schwarzenegger playing a fiddle. |
| VarietyVariety StaffUnderneath it all is a lurching and poorly defined film concept. |
| The New York TimesVincent CanbyStay Hungry, the new film directed by Bob Rafelson (Five Easy Pieces and The King of Marvin Gardens), isn't all bad. It just seems that way when it pretends to be more eccentric than it is and to have more on its mind than it actually does. |
| User ReviewKevin STHIS IS ONE OF GEMS THAT NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT BUT ITS A FUCKING CLASSSIC. arnold is great in this film and i simply love this story and film. this film could never be made today its a true product of the 70s |
| User ReviewPeter MArnold is god. No one knows about this movie but it is a good one. Not just because god is in it. |
| User ReviewSean HAs the director says, it's a movie about joy. Watch bodybuilders flood the street randomly and Jeff Bridges get drunk and dance like crazy while Arnold Schwarzenegger plays the fiddle. |
| User ReviewWarren WJeff Bridges! Arnold Schwartzenegger playing a body builder. What a stretch!(It was VERY early in Arnold's career.) |