
Henry "Razor" Sharp and Billy "The Kid" McDonnen are two boxers who thirty years ago were rivals. Just before a big match Razor decides to retire because Billy slept with his girlfriend, Sally Rose and got her pregnant. Today a promoter, Dante Slate wants to have them fight each other but Razor doesn't want to. But when he loses his job and learns he's broke, he has no choice. So he trains under his old trainer. Billy while training, meets B.J., the son he had with Sally Rose... (Full plot summary below)
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Henry "Razor" Sharp and Billy "The Kid" McDonnen are two boxers who thirty years ago were rivals. Just before a big match Razor decides to retire because Billy slept with his girlfriend, Sally Rose and got her pregnant. Today a promoter, Dante Slate wants to have them fight each other but Razor doesn't want to. But when he loses his job and learns he's broke, he has no choice. So he trains under his old trainer. Billy while training, meets B.J., the son he had with Sally Rose and he asks B.J. to train him. And Sally Rose tries to get Razor to forgive her but he can't.
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| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordThe film is shamelessly obvious and occasionally misguided, but Stallone gives it genuine emotional heft and Alan Arkin, as Mickey stand-in Louis "Lightning" Conlon, provides lots of laughs. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfUnfortunately, its studio comedy roots are too powerful to pull, keeping the feature in a position of persistent mediocrity it can't punch its way out of. |
| Detroit NewsAdam GrahamStick with your memories of Rocky Balboa and Jake La Motta, because "Grudge Match" isn't a fight worth fighting. |
| GrantlandWesley MorrisBy the time Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro start training for the big match -- it's called Grudgment Day -- you give in because, surprisingly, both actors have reported for duty, especially De Niro. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Josh TerryGrudge Match becomes less a celebration of the real and fictional characters from boxing past (La Motta was a real person) and more a critique of society's bloodlust. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaIn the thick of pretentious prestige project season, a fairly low-key but solidly engaging studio genre exercise can be a welcome refreshment. |
| Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanFormulaic, yes. Settled with as many reconciliations and promises of happiness as “A Christmas Carol,” absolutely. But a familiar pleasure, nonetheless. |
| National Newspaper Publishers Association Dwight BrownSomewhat formulaic, but a lot of fun regardless. |
| Illinois TimesCharles KoplinskiStallone, De Niro Shine in Pleasant "Match" |
| Tri-City HeraldGary WolcottSylvester Stallone is never better than when he's playing Rocky or a character like him. Add Robert Di Niro to the mix and presto: guilty pleasure. |