Rocky (1976)
Average Rating: 8.3/10
Reviews Counted: 51
Fresh: 47 | Rotten: 4
This story of a down-on-his-luck boxer is thoroughly predictable, but Sylvester Stallone's script and stunning performance in the title role brush aside complaints.
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 2
This story of a down-on-his-luck boxer is thoroughly predictable, but Sylvester Stallone's script and stunning performance in the title role brush aside complaints.
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Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), a Philadelphia boxer, is but one step removed from total bum-hood. A once-promising pugilist, Rocky is now taking nickel-and-dime bouts and running strongarm errands for local loan sharks to survive. Even his supportive trainer, Mickey (Burgess Meredith), has given up on Rocky. All this changes thanks to Muhammad Ali-like super-boxer Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers). With the Bicentennial celebration coming up, Creed must find a "Cinderella" opponent for the big
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Cast
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Sylvester Stallone
Rocky Balboa -
Talia Shire
Adrian -
Burt Young
Paulie -
Carl Weathers
Apollo Creed -
Burgess Meredith
Mickey -
Thayer David
Jergens -
Joe Spinell
Gazzo -
Jodi Letizia
Marie -
Bill Baldwin
Fight Announcer -
Simmy Bow
Club Cornerman -
Tony Burton
Apollo's Trainer -
DeForest Covan
Apollo's Corner -
Lou Filippo
Championship Fight Anno... -
Joe Frazier
Himself -
James Gambina
Mike -
George Memmoli
Ice Rink Attendant -
Jane Marla Robbins
Gloria Pet Shop Owner -
Hank Rolike
Apollo Cornerman -
Billy Sands
Club Fight Announcer -
Stan Shaw
Dipper -
Don Sherman
Bartender -
Larry Carroll
TV Interviewer -
Lloyd Kaufman
Drunk -
Frank Stallone
A Street Corner Singer -
George O'Hanlon
TV Commentator -
Jack Hollander
Fats -
Frankie Van
Club Fight Referee -
Kathleen Parker
Paulie's Date -
Diana Lewis
TV Commentator -
Shirley O'Hara Krims
Jergens' Secretary -
Al Silvani
Cut Man -
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All Critics (51) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (51) | Rotten (4) | DVD (30)
Sylvester Stallone [is] as likable as a basset hound.
Top CriticThe story is achingly familiar, and though Stallone has a certain power, he is certainly not the subtlest actor to crawl out from under Marlon's overcoat.
There are occasional flashes that the film may be patronizing the lower end of the blue-collar mentality, as much if not more than the characters who keep putting Rocky down on the screen. However, Avildsen is noted for creating such ambiguities.
I wanted to like it more than I did, but it'll do.
Rocky is an old-fashioned fairytale brilliantly revamped to chime in with the depressed mood of the '70s.
The screenplay of Rocky is purest Hollywood make-believe of the 1930's, but there would be nothing wrong with that, had the film been executed with any verve.
It's Sly's droopy-eyed, hangdog/underdog that carries Rocky's tale of transformation. He's no oil painting, no blue-eyed hero. He's not supposed to make it -- and that makes us instantly connect with him.
A crowning achievement in Sylvester Stallone's career as a writer and a performer...
One of the greatest, if not the greatest, feel good movies of all time.
It's all here: the famous Bill Conti fanfare, the 'Gonna Fly Now' training montage, the inevitable 'David and Goliath' climax. [Blu-ray]
transforms the gritty realities of economic hardship and personal desperation into a celebration of individuality and determination without sinking into mushy sentimentalism
Sly's best pic winner sets underdog-hero standard.
Stallone -- an actor who has made a career of bad performances in bad films -- proves that when given the right material he can act with the best of them.
A great example of underdog sports cinema.
This is really Sly's movie as he slugs his way through a heartfelt performance and delivers some cracking punches, both literally and emotionally.
Rocky retains its power to enthrall ... a quieter movie than some may remember.... It's worth seeing again, for what it was, before it was betrayed by it's less intelligent, testosterone-soaked progeny.
A dunce who can fight with a contagious likability: Now that's American.
Yo Adrian, we're on Blu-ray!
This two-disc collection is also the best presentation of the film to date. Even those who have bought any of the many previous DVD versions will be well served in the upgrade.
Marty like romance tale with boxing gloves.
Better films have been made about the world of sports, but for many Rocky is the sports movie.
A paint-by-numbers inspirational sports film.
Audience Reviews for Rocky
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- Rocky Balboa: Cut me Mick!
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- Rocky Balboa: Yo, Adrian!
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- Rocky Balboa: I should've broke your thumb!
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- Apollo Creed: Look. It's the name man...The Italian Stallion. The media will eat it up. Now, who discovered America? An Italian, right. What would be better than to get it on with one of its descendents?
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- Mickey: Go for the ribs, don't let that bastard breathe.
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- Mickey: Women weaken legs!
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