The movie features a bout between a rookie and a champion in which one strives to go the distance for his self-respect.
28 October 1936, New York City, New York, USA
12 January 1944, Beaufort, South Carolina, USA
30 April 1940, New York City, New York, USA
14 January 1948, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
14 July 1952, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 November 1943, New York City, New York, USA
7 June 1921, Chicago, Illinois, USA
15 August 1924, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
15 November 1921, New York, USA
12 September 1919, Gioia del Colle, Puglia, Italy
26 July 1933, Louisiana, USA
6 January 1911, Bergen, New York, USA
6 July 1946, New York City, New York, USA
30 December 1945, New York City, New York, USA
20 June 1927, Ohio, USA
14 November 1904, Douglas, Arizona, USA
15 August 1904, New York, USA
16 November 1907, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
13 February 1932, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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.
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 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.
December 13, 2006
I wanted to like it more than I did, but it'll do.
August 17, 2011
One of the greatest, if not the greatest, feel good movies of all time.
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.
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.
