6.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Stay Hungry (1976)
Stay Hungry (1976)
Overview
A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after spending time with weightlifter Joe Santo and gym worker Mary Tate Farnsworth, 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.
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Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Trans: Neutral
Viewer Rating
6.0
Overview
A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after spending time with weightlifter Joe Santo and gym worker Mary Tate Farnsworth, 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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film explores a wealthy young man's search for identity and purpose by immersing himself in the world of bodybuilding, offering an individualistic solution to personal ennui rather than a political critique or call for systemic change, resulting in a neutral rating.
The movie features a predominantly white main cast, reflecting the era and setting without intentional DEI-driven casting. Its narrative explores themes of masculinity and identity through its characters, maintaining a neutral to positive framing of traditional identities without explicit critique or central DEI themes.
Secondary
The film includes Joe, a cross-dressing weightlifter who performs in drag. His gender non-conformity is presented as an eccentric but accepted aspect of his character, not central to the plot or a source of ridicule. The portrayal is incidental, neither strongly affirming nor denigrating, fitting a neutral depiction of gender non-conforming themes.
Stay Hungry (1976) does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The film primarily follows a wealthy young man's immersion into the world of professional bodybuilding and his personal journey, without incorporating queer identities or storylines into its narrative.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1976 film "Stay Hungry" is an adaptation of Charles Gaines' 1972 novel. A review of the main characters in both the source material and the film reveals no instances where a character's gender was changed from the novel to the screen adaptation.
Based on the source novel and the film's casting, there is no indication that any character canonically or historically established as one race was portrayed by an actor of a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.6
5.7
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6.9
6.0
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