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Rocky
A boxing bout which for one is about the winning streak while for the other its about the self respect.
14 November 1904, Douglas, Arizona, USA
8 October 1963, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
4 March 1927, Medford, Massachusetts, USA
14 January 1948, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
9 September 1917, Chicago, Illinois, USA
14 July 1952, Chicago, Illinois, USA
23 March 1937, Flint, Michigan, USA
3 August 1938, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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 11, 2013
A crowning achievement in Sylvester Stallone's career as a writer and a performer...
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.
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.
August 17, 2011
One of the greatest, if not the greatest, feel good movies of all time.
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.
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 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.