Stay Hungry

Stay Hungry (1976)

  • 73% of critics liked it
    (11 reviews)

  • 36% of users liked it
    (2,394 ratings)

In this offbeat comedy, Jeff Bridges plays Craig Blake, a rich kid who works with a group of hard-living Southern real-estate men led by Jabo (Joe Spinell), who are buying up a business district in Birmingham, Alabama in order to clear the space and put in a new project. Craig is supposed to work… More

R,
Directed By
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1976 Wide
MGM

Critic Reviews

  • Variety Staff, Variety

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

  • Nigel Floyd, Time Out

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

  • Vincent Canby, New York Times

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

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    It introduces us to sharply defined, rather odd characters and then lets them mix it up. The movie is episodic, and some of the episodes are brilliant.

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    [A] moody, insightful, and frequently funny film ...

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jason O


    Originally wanted to see this movie just to see Sally Field naked, but I like most Jeff Bridges and Schwarzenegger movies too. I thought it was alright. It kept me interested the whole way through moreso than I would've thought, and Sally Field was just plain hot when she was my… More

  • jay n


    Good performances by Jeff and Sally and Arnold is okay, his role doesn't really require much from him. Not a great film but an okay way to spend a couple of hours.

  • Dean M


    Very good friendly comedy-drama between Jeff Bridges, Sally Field and Arnold Schwarzenegger in a small gym and it looked like they were having a good time. Bridges is the best, Field is a revelation and Schwarzenegger radiates assurance and appeal in this upbeat film.

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