Rocky
The movie features a bout between a rookie and a champion in which one strives to go the distance for his self-respect.
26 March 1910
3 August 1938, New York City, New York, USA
1 March 1932, Meramec, Missouri, USA
20 June 1927, Ohio, USA
15 August 1924, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
12 January 1944, Beaufort, South Carolina, USA
15 November 1921, New York, USA
8 October 1963, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3 May 1943, Hollywood, California, USA
30 December 1945, New York City, New York, USA
30 July 1950, New York City, New York, USA
7 June 1921, Chicago, Illinois, USA
15 August 1904, New York, USA
14 November 1904, Douglas, Arizona, USA
9 June 1945, Buenos Aires, Argentina
23 June 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA
14 January 1948, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
1 December 1925, Los Angeles, California, USA
28 October 1936, New York City, New York, USA
16 November 1907, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
29 January 1918, Chicago, Illinois, USA
26 July 1933, Louisiana, USA
6 January 1911, Bergen, New York, USA
25 April 1946, Lake Success, Long Island, New York, USA
9 December 1952, Luling, Texas, USA
1972, New York City, New York, USA
August 17, 2011
One of the greatest, if not the greatest, feel good movies of all time.
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.
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 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.
December 13, 2006
I wanted to like it more than I did, but it'll do.
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.
February 11, 2013
A crowning achievement in Sylvester Stallone's career as a writer and a performer...
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.
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 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.
