
Rocky Balboa is a struggling boxer trying to make the big time, working as a debt collector for a pittance. When heavyweight champion Apollo Creed visits Philadelphia, his managers want to set up an exhibition match between Creed and a struggling boxer, touting the fight as a chance for a "nobody" to become a "somebody". The match is supposed to be easily won by Creed, but someone forgot to tell Rocky, who sees this as his only shot at the big time.... (Full plot summary below)
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Rocky Balboa is a struggling boxer trying to make the big time, working as a debt collector for a pittance. When heavyweight champion Apollo Creed visits Philadelphia, his managers want to set up an exhibition match between Creed and a struggling boxer, touting the fight as a chance for a "nobody" to become a "somebody". The match is supposed to be easily won by Creed, but someone forgot to tell Rocky, who sees this as his only shot at the big time.
Leave your thoughts about Rocky.
| Apollo GuideBrian WebsterAs perfect a fit of star to role as any in cinematic history. |
| Time OutGeoff AndrewRocky is an old-fashioned fairytale brilliantly revamped to chime in with the depressed mood of the '70s. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertBy 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. |
| Three Movie BuffsScott NashOne of the greatest, if not the greatest, feel good movies of all time. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames Kendricktransforms the gritty realities of economic hardship and personal desperation into a celebration of individuality and determination without sinking into mushy sentimentalism |
| Matt's Movie ReviewsMatthew PejkovicStallone proves that when given the right material he can act with the best of them. His turn as Rocky Balboa is not only the best performance of that year, but it is also one of the best performances in the history of the silver screen. |
| DVDTalk.comScott WeinbergA "guy movie" mega-classic that's really gotten better with age. |
| Arizona Daily StarPhil VillarrealStallone thoroughly owns the movie with his groggy, downbeat delivery and sense of indomitability. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatSylvester Stallone's performance is sheer magic; an authentic and touching portrait of a loser who becomes a winner in the things that matter. |
| Montreal Film JournalKevin N. LaforestRocky is a real crowd-pleaser, not because it manipulates the audience but because it has heart. |