Interesting because of Schwarzenegger's breakthrough performance here which he received a Golden Globe for, the film has sadly little else of interest. The storyline is rather slim and jumps crazily between comedy and drama. While having comedy and drama together is not a bad thing per se, it jars the film because the comedy is so silly compared to the drama, which is serious. The characters are rather poorly introduced too, and the technical aspects of the film are forgettable. One could say that the film is watchable, however is anything actually great in it? The narration through letters is poor, the scenes in the street towards the end are dumb, and when the film is amusing, it too often feels like it is so for the wrong reasons. The acting is decent though - and that is one thing that can be said here - all the performers are adequate for their parts, except for R. G. Armstrong, who tends to go over-the-top.
Review of Stay Hungry
