Rocky

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Rocky

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Drama

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Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), a small-time boxer from working-class Philadelphia, is arbitrarily chosen to take on the reigning world heavyweight champion, Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers), when the undefeated fighter's scheduled opponent is injured. While training with feisty former bantamweight contender Mickey Goldmill (Burgess Meredith), Rocky tentatively begins a relationship with Adrian (Talia Shire), the wallflower sister of his meat-packer pal Paulie (Burt Young).

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Critics Consensus

This story of a down-on-his-luck boxer is thoroughly predictable, but Sylvester Stallone's script and stunning performance in the title role brush aside complaints.

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John G. Avildsen

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Sylvester Stallone

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Talia Shire

Adrian

Burgess Meredith

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Burt Young

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Charles Champlin

Los Angeles Times

5 hrs ago

Rocky seems as brilliantly orchestrated as a fine if raucous symphony, alternating tumults and solitudes, humor, anger, small rejections and small victories, building to an ending which is surprising, ingenious, logical and blissfully pleasing.

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Desmond Ryan

Philadelphia Inquirer

5 hrs ago

It is dated, to be sure, but the actors and Avildsen plus Stallone's canny ear for dialogue enrich the film and lend it a contemporary vitality. Everybody in Rocky is three-dimensional and vibrantly alive.

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John L. Wasserman

San Francisco Chronicle

6 hrs ago

There have been a number of first-rate American films released in 1976, but none has combined, to the degree Rocky does, artistic excellence, emotional impact and a good, old-fashioned, romantic, happy ending.

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Liane Heller

Waterloo Region Record

5 hrs ago

Rocky is a movie for lovers. It's for desperate and unhappy people. It's for cynics and romantics. It's for people who have nothing to lose... If that sounds unabashedly sentimental, fine. That's how Rocky makes you feel.

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R.H. Gardner

Baltimore Sun

6 hrs ago

There is real poetry in the scenes describing Rocky's preparation for the big event, and the match itself amounts to one of the most exciting fight sequences ever filmed.

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Steven C

Oct 20, 2022

Such a classic. Was able to show this awesome movie to a younger generation and I'm sure they are fans now. Just wished Starlight was showing all of the Rocky movies in theaters.

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Jason R

Oct 20, 2022

The single greatest movie in the history of movies.

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Wack J

@Code70 20 min ago

I loved every second of this movie. Somehow it was the first time I had ever seen it. And I couldn’t have loved it more. Is it predictable? Yeah, sure, but it kind of invented the formula, you got to remember. Sylvester Stallone is magnificent in the lead role, just has so much charisma and charm to him, I think everyone else here is great too. And it’s just a tried-and-true formula just done to absolute perfection here. It’s enormously satisfying, and again, it kind of invented this formula, at least in the sports genre. It’s classic stuff, it doesn’t get better. And even when it’s not focusing on the fight stuff and sort of moves into his personal life, it’s still tremendously entertaining and compelling stuff. I could watch this guy through the motions all day, man. I would never be bored. So all in all, this is just kinda… fantastic. It’s, in every sense of the word, a classic. Masterpiece of the genre, and really one of the greatest movies of all time.

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Tim G

@tmgreene22 4 hrs ago

I can't believe I hadn't seen this before........ I guess I just saw Rocky IV three hundred times growing up on USA?

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Stephen C

@dogfood23111 2 days ago

Rated PG.

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DeadLiner T

@RT93742267 3 days ago

In my opinion one of the worst movies ever. The acting is terrible, the characters are all absolutely unlikable and the ending was also dissapointing. If it wasn‘t for the music and the training scene this whole movie would be forgotten a long time ago.

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Synopsis

Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), a small-time boxer from working-class Philadelphia, is arbitrarily chosen to take on the reigning world heavyweight champion, Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers), when the undefeated fighter's scheduled opponent is injured. While training with feisty former bantamweight contender Mickey Goldmill (Burgess Meredith), Rocky tentatively begins a relationship with Adrian (Talia Shire), the wallflower sister of his meat-packer pal Paulie (Burt Young).

Director: John G. Avildsen
Producer: Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
Screenwriter: Sylvester Stallone
Distributor: CBS/Fox, United Artists, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc.
Production Co: United Artists
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 1, 1976, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Nov 7, 2026
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 31, 2015
Runtime: 2h 0m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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