Rocky

Burgess Meredith, Burt Young, Carl Weathers

A slightly dimwitted amateur boxer from Philadelphia's tough neighborhood gets a surprise shot at fighting for the heavyweight championship, while at the same time he finds love in the arms of a shy, ...( read more  read more... )reclusive girl who works in the local pet store.

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PG, 1 hr. 59 min.

Directed by: John G. Avildsen

Released: November 21, 1976

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  • October 12, 2006
    Underdogs have someone to root for in this inspiring boxing drama.
  • April 10, 2009
    Yo! This movie was good.
  • October 14, 2008
    "His whole life was a million-to-one shot."

    Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), a Philadelphia boxer, is but one step removed from total bum-hood. A once-promising pugilist, Rocky is now taking nickel-and-dime bouts and running strong arm errands for local loan sharks to s... ...( read more )
  • September 26, 2008
    Rocky is a rare combination of a great sport film, a great inspirational film and a great guy film. But more than anything it's inspirational story and central character Rocky are the key to it sucess as a great film. There are plenty of guy sports films but rarely any inspiratio... ...( read more )
  • August 9, 2008
    Cut me Mick.

    One of Sly's only good movies. His charm as a underdog boxer works well and the cast that surrounds him does a good job as well. The soundtrack also sets a good tone for the film. It's a good story made by Stallone, pretty much as an independent film from his own ... ...( read more )
  • July 5, 2009
    Oscar winner, but sly is the worst actor so playing an idiot with muscles and a heart was second nature

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View more Rocky reviews at RottenTomatoes.com
October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

A description of it would sound like a cliche from beginning to end. But Rocky isn't about a story, it's about a hero. And it's inhabited with supreme confidence by a star. full review

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  • xprtee
    April 10, 2009
    this is one of my fav movies of the spots catagory and i love to see it repeatedly the last fight where he is about to loose and fights back in my view is the best shot
    the director is super and stallon is my fav actor.after watching thi movies as a boxer i started taking more interest the sports and my training tooo.
  • Veromiangel
    March 4, 2009
    ES UN CLĮSICO DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS, QUE EN LO PERSONAL, NO ME DESAGRADA...
  • saidounidj
    February 24, 2009
    i adore the whole serie of rocky and also of rambo
  • alfaomegaamerica
    December 7, 2008
    good movie is best movie of history
  • jjjherlan13
    October 2, 2008
    Rocky es una serie d peliculas bastante interesantes...en ellas lo tiene de todo(amor, suspenso, drama, accion)pero lo q es mejor es q es una pelicula de la cual nunca t cansas de verla.Nunca olviden q la trama tiene algo de cierto:
    Rocky es lo mejor
  • vintagegirlforever
    September 1, 2008
    This is my favorite movie of all time. As soon as I watched this movie I not only watched all the Rocky movies including the 6th one,I rented Judge Dred,Cop Land,and on t.v. I watched a little bit of Rambo:First Blood. I hope to continue watching more of Sly's movies. He's a great and phonomenal actor,and I have to thank the movie Rocky for my obsession with Sly. If you haven't seen this movie yet you should you won't regret it. Don't listen to the Rocky haters. If you like this movie go to my profile and take my,"From Which Rocky","Rocky(1976)",and my "Rocky Music 1-5".
  • elchelo1202
    August 25, 2008
    i am segurity rocky iam love we my chracters remaining
  • xXxHeArTsxXx
    February 25, 2008
    I'm currently OBSESSED with the Rocky movies! lol. Anyways, i have to say that this movie is simply amazing! I'm the kind of person that NEVER watchs spots on TV ( other than skating and swimming sometimes ), and doesn't play them/sucks at them & i love this movie. Ahh... i remember seeing Rocky for the 1st time like it was yesterday... My mom is a huge fan of all the Rocky movies & whenever they were on TV, i would always remember seeing he watch them . (But i didn't). When the 6th movie came out in 2006, my mom obviously wanted to see it. So she was going and she asked if i wanted to come with. OMG, i think that i was like soo close to not going! I honestly wouldn't know what i missed out on!!! So i saw the movie, and i enjoyed it!! At the time, i didn't think that it was all too great, but i was so surprised! I don't like boxing at ALL and i enjoyed this movie! I saw the 6th before any of the other 5 (lol, weird huh? I still haven't seen the 4rth fully and the 5.) , so i kinda didn't understand some things. But i understood the idea.
    Ok, well i'm going to get to the point now.
    I recomend this movie to not only people who enjoy boxing. I'm sure that there are people that watch these movies mainly because of the boxing, but there is more to the story!! There is more to the boxing part of. So, even if you couldn't care less about boxing, (like i do, lol.) i still think you should watch this movie! There is good music, good acting, and quite a few parts that made me laugh!
    Haha, i'm sure anyone that is reading this right now is thinking that i'm rambeling on and on and on about this movie & that i have like a million spelling errors. But what can i say?! I LOVE it & i can't spell for my life!

    Pretty much i'm trying to say...

    GO SEE ROCKY! YOU WONT REGRET IT!
  • pebeken
    February 13, 2008
    i'm addicted to all the movies of Rocky!! I love the story!!!! ROCKY RULES!!!
  • iza1992
    January 31, 2008
    i seen all movei of rocky!!rocky your movei is so great i just wn't to say you are cool

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