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Rocky
The movie features a bout between a rookie and a champion in which one strives to go the distance for his self-respect.
8 October 1963, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
23 March 1937, Flint, Michigan, USA
20 June 1927, Ohio, USA
1972, New York City, New York, USA
26 July 1933, Louisiana, USA
12 September 1919, Gioia del Colle, Puglia, Italy
15 August 1924, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
9 September 1917, Chicago, Illinois, USA
December 13, 2006
I wanted to like it more than I did, but it'll do.
February 24, 2016
Like the movies of Frank Capra, Rocky is a glowing tribute to the human spirit - a chin-up reminder that the decent, little guys of the world often accomplish the impossible if only because they try so hard.
February 19, 2013
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.
July 26, 2011
The 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.
February 11, 2013
A crowning achievement in Sylvester Stallone's career as a writer and a performer...
November 03, 2015
[VIDEO ESSAY] "Rocky" struck a nerve with American audiences at the time because it spoke directly to a '70s era lower middle-class dream of success that has since been exploded into a billion pieces.
August 17, 2011
One of the greatest, if not the greatest, feel good movies of all time.
February 20, 2009
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.
February 25, 2014
This triple-Oscar-winning boxing drama is shot through with genuine impassioned commitment, born of the fact that Sylvester Stallone realised that this was his best hope of stardom.
November 24, 2015
In addition to a heart-warming script, Stallone has created on the screen a character of enormous appeal and charm - half-articulate but funny, gruff but good-hearted.
