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- 1976
- PG
- United Artists
- 2 h
- 1976
- PG
- United Artists
- 2 h
Summary Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate puts him in the ring with a world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it's his one shot at the big time; a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner! [MGM]
Directed By: John G. Avildsen
Written By: Sylvester Stallone
- 1976
- PG
- United Artists
- 2 h
- 1976
- PG
- United Artists
- 2 h
Rocky
70
8.7
Where to Watch
Summary Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate puts him in the ring with a world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it's his one shot at the big time; a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner! [MGM]
Directed By: John G. Avildsen
Written By: Sylvester Stallone
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
70
71% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
29% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
70
71% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
29% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
By now, everyone knows who wins, but the scenes before the fight set us up for it so completely, so emotionally, that when it's over we've had it. We're drained.
The basic storyline has been done to death over the years; this is still one of the most effective and successful applications of the formula.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 301 User Ratings
8.7
91% Positive
275 Ratings
275 Ratings
6% Mixed
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
3% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 301 User Ratings
8.7
91% Positive
275 Ratings
275 Ratings
6% Mixed
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
3% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Rocky is an old-fashioned fairytale brilliantly revamped to chime in with the depressed mood of the '70s. Although its plot - nonentity gets to fight the heavyweight champ - is basically fantasy, the film deftly manages to suspend disbelief by drawing back at its more implausible moments.
This is really Sly's movie as he slugs his way through a heartfelt performance and delivers some cracking punches, both literally and emotionally.
A great movie? Hardly. Stallone as the next Brando? You've got to be kidding. A nice little fantasy picture? Maybe. That's the hype and reality of Rocky, the flatout schmaltzy saga of a Philadelphia club boxer who, on New Year's Day of our Bicentennial Year, gets a chance to fight for the heavyweight championship of the world. . . .
I wanted to like it more than I did, but it'll do.
The problem, I think, comes back to Mr. Stallone. Throughout the movie we are asked to believe that his Rocky is compassionate, interesting, even heroic, though the character we see is simply an unconvincing actor imitating a lug.
Here is a moving film that will motivate its viewers and make them cheer, in awe of their new hero.
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Rocky es una película clásica del cine y bien merecido lo tiene, nos habla sobre como debemos esforzarnos al máximo para lograr muestras metas, y esta película convirtio a Stallone en un actor de Hollywood y a Rocky Balboa en un símbolo de lucha y esperanza
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The first half was very meandering and slow, and the payoffs are not nearly as high or entertaining as they need to be. Every scene with Carl Weathers was awesome.
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Rocky. Seek and do not give up. For me, the film was controversial. It was at the same time interesting in terms of the fact that you should train a lot and then you will get the result, and also really liked the final fight. But at the same time in the movie there were a lot of strange and stupid dialogs in which Rocky looked dumb. Perhaps this was planned.
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don't want one..
Rocky
There are some dreadful scenes like cutting an eye for clear vision which is not easy to watch but on the other side it has probably one of the best first dates ever portrayed in a movie; the relation between Rocky and Adrian is easily the best thing in here. Rocky is a smart movie; which came off as a surprise to me, the whole movie is a build up to the much awaited fight giving the perfect value and gravitas to the event that it deserved but fails on living up to the expectation for the choreography is way too lose. John seems like an amateur when it comes to execute physical sequences but does a decent job for the rest of it maybe because he probably didn't have to do much since the writing is good enough to sail on its own and Sylvester is amazing on both the roles with a good enough supporting cast. Rocky is the slow ride that is comfortable and in an appropriate tone to its characters and plot giving enough space for the actors and the audience to chew it in.
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Production Company
Chartoff-Winkler Productions
Release Date Dec 3, 1976
Duration 2 h
Rating PG
Tagline You have a ringside seat for the bloodiest bicentennial in history!
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 3 Wins & 10 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
BAFTA Awards
• 5 Nominations
