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Implausible but entertaining and poignant, Rocky Balboa finds the champ in fighting form for the first time in years.
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I know, I know, you're thinking, oh please, not Rocky again. I was thinking that too. Oct 18, 2008 | Full Review…
I know, I know, you're thinking, oh please, not Rocky again. I was thinking that too.
Bob Mondello
Stallone wanted this movie to restore dignity to his greatest character. He succeeds, better then anyone might have expected. Feb 23, 2007 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Stallone wanted this movie to restore dignity to his greatest character. He succeeds, better then anyone might have expected.
Paul Byrnes
The ol' lug can't be blamed for wanting one last victory lap, but if you've got nothing to offer except benign nostalgia, just let the gloves stay on the glory-days shelf. Feb 3, 2007 | Rating: 2/6 | Full Review…
The ol' lug can't be blamed for wanting one last victory lap, but if you've got nothing to offer except benign nostalgia, just let the gloves stay on the glory-days shelf.
David Fear
The film meanders along this path for a long, slow while, a primitive soap opera dressed up as street poetry. Jan 27, 2007 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
The film meanders along this path for a long, slow while, a primitive soap opera dressed up as street poetry.
Paul Arendt
The unfortunate effect is that of an invisible angel of death hooking Rocky's mouth with a fishing line and implacably reeling him in. Jan 20, 2007 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
The unfortunate effect is that of an invisible angel of death hooking Rocky's mouth with a fishing line and implacably reeling him in.
Peter Bradshaw
Even goodwill can't make this look like anything more than a glorified TV special. Surely it's time for the audience to throw in the towel? Jan 16, 2007 | Full Review…
Even goodwill can't make this look like anything more than a glorified TV special. Surely it's time for the audience to throw in the towel?
Trevor Johnston
Stallone and his character are well past their primes, but instead of making the film totally preposterous, the film embraces that fact and uses it to create a movie that really captures the spirit of the first two films. Nov 21, 2019 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Stallone and his character are well past their primes, but instead of making the film totally preposterous, the film embraces that fact and uses it to create a movie that really captures the spirit of the first two films.
Micheal Compton
You will laugh. You will cry. Your heart will soar. You wanna ring the bell? Go ahead ... It ain't over till it's over. Go for it! Nov 9, 2019 | Full Review…
You will laugh. You will cry. Your heart will soar. You wanna ring the bell? Go ahead ... It ain't over till it's over. Go for it!
Debbie Lynn Elias
The movie spends too much time in idle and not enough in overdrive. Jul 14, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
The movie spends too much time in idle and not enough in overdrive.
Matt Brunson
The premise of Rocky Balboa is pretty preposterous, yet somehow it manages to work because Stallone imbues the proceedings with such heart and pathos. Feb 4, 2019 | Full Review…
The premise of Rocky Balboa is pretty preposterous, yet somehow it manages to work because Stallone imbues the proceedings with such heart and pathos.
Zaki Hasan
The thing about Rocky Balboa is that it had no business being as good as it was. Dec 6, 2018 | Full Review…
The thing about Rocky Balboa is that it had no business being as good as it was.
Brian Grubb
The problems facing Rocky are the same as those that Sylvestor Stallone must deal with: a once great career, a slide into obscurity and a return to the scene of your greatest achievement to relight a flame. That Stallone succeeds is down to a script. Nov 3, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The problems facing Rocky are the same as those that Sylvestor Stallone must deal with: a once great career, a slide into obscurity and a return to the scene of your greatest achievement to relight a flame. That Stallone succeeds is down to a script.
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