Rocky Reviews

1976

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Director John G. Avildsen's ROCKY is the stand-up-and-cheer saga of Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), an underdog boxer who gets his million-to-one shot at love, self-respect, and the world heavyweight title. Rocky is a down-on-his-luck Philadelphia southpaw who works at a meat-packing factory while fighting at a local club. .. Read more

Starring	Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young
Director	John G. Avildsen
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama, Sport

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Critics' reviews (2) of Rocky
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Pleasantly old-fashioned comedy-drama with rather unattractive characters in the modern manner. Despite the freshness, on the whole Marty is still preferable.
- Halliwell's Film Guide
- Posted 02 Mar 2006
'I coulda been a contender, Charlie': Brando's classic lament in On the Waterfront finds a new and vigorous echo in... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008
Most helpful members' reviews (3) of Rocky
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5 out of 6 people found this review helpful

if you're over 50 and attempting to take up sport...

this is the film for you. How inspiring is Rocky running up those stairs? OK, so the story, dialogue and acting are in a class of their very own and you won't find anything as pish anywhere else in the world of mainstream cinema, but just surrender yourself to it - it's brilliant!
- - A customer from Scotland
  - Posted 21 Aug 2006 14:11
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

Classic Rocky

Excellent bitter sweet story that spawned several sequals. gives the no hoper hope, a classic story.
- - lee poole from staffs
  - Posted 21 Oct 2005 19:20
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Don't watch the sequels

An original peice that deserved all the awards it got. The rest are pathetic and don't really reflect the life of a boxer or boxing in general.
- - boxer lid from lands end
  - Posted 03 Apr 2004 22:39
Most recent members' reviews (2) of Rocky
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

Classic Rocky

Excellent bitter sweet story that spawned several sequals. gives the no hoper hope, a classic story.
- - lee poole from staffs
  - Posted 21 Oct 2005 19:20
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Don't watch the sequels

An original peice that deserved all the awards it got. The rest are pathetic and don't really reflect the life of a boxer or boxing in general.
- - boxer lid from lands end
  - Posted 03 Apr 2004 22:39

5 out of 6 people found this review helpful

if you're over 50 and attempting to take up sport...

this is the film for you. How inspiring is Rocky running up those stairs? OK, so the story, dialogue and acting are in a class of their very own and you won't find anything as pish anywhere else in the world of mainstream cinema, but just surrender yourself to it - it's brilliant!
- - A customer from Scotland
  - Posted 21 Aug 2006 14:11
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

Classic Rocky

Excellent bitter sweet story that spawned several sequals. gives the no hoper hope, a classic story.
- - lee poole from staffs
  - Posted 21 Oct 2005 19:20
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Don't watch the sequels

An original peice that deserved all the awards it got. The rest are pathetic and don't really reflect the life of a boxer or boxing in general.
- - boxer lid from lands end
  - Posted 03 Apr 2004 22:39
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Superb

Every young man loves Rocky
- - John The Jakey from Glasgow
  - Posted 28 May 2004 11:18
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Rocky

Rocky is an inspiring story, brilliantly written and portrayed. you are on the edge of yor seat all of the way through the final match. sly stallone is wonderful and mickey is amazingly well acted. watch this and then watch the sequels. they never get as good as this but they aren't far off.
- - A Hobbit from The Shire
  - Posted 06 Jul 2004 23:56
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

brill

this film is absaluatly brilliant,it is worth watchin over and over again.
- - A customer from shropshire
  - Posted 25 Jul 2005 21:25
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

It's a classic

The original classic. Great movie.
- - Marc Ellison from Stafford
  - Posted 29 Mar 2006 10:53
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

All Time Classic

This is a true underdog story, written in just a few days by sly stallone himself. Inspired by the real life fight between Muhammad Ali & Chuck Wepner, it tells the tale of slightly dull-witted but good hearted Rocky Balboa who gets the chance to fight the World Heavyweight Champion Apollo Creed.
- - A customer from Eastbourne, England
  - Posted 17 Aug 2006 21:11
3 out of 6 people found this review helpful

Greatest film ever made

If you only watch one film in your life, watch this. It ROCKS
- - A customer from Sunderland
  - Posted 15 Feb 2004 17:54
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful

A worthy finale to a tainted series

The Rocky series goes full circle with this film, including a return of the original director. The film is certainly an improvement on the previous two sequels, which although enjoyable were getting more and more ridiculous.

The film shows what at it's peak the Rocky series does best; showing the other side to boxing. In this film we see Rocky having to cope with the damage caused through boxing, as well as the influence that promoters and money have on the sport today.

The inevitable fight scene at the end is enjoyable, though not a patch on the original bouts of the first two films. A good film to restore faith in the Rocky series, and hopefully the final one.
- - David Mallenby from Newcastle upon Tyne, England
  - Posted 08 Jul 2004 12:57

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Critics' reviews (2)
Pleasantly old-fashioned comedy-drama with rather unattractive characters in the modern manner. Despite the freshness, on the whole Marty is still preferable.
- Halliwell's Film Guide
- Posted 02 Mar 2006
'I coulda been a contender, Charlie': Brando's classic lament in On the Waterfront finds a new and vigorous echo in... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008

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