Stallone wanted this movie to restore dignity to his greatest character. He succeeds, better then anyone might have expected.
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02/23/07
Rocky Balboa (2006)
76 %
Reviews Counted: 167 Fresh: 127 Rotten:40 Average Rating: 6.6/10
Consensus:
Implausible but entertaining and poignant, Rocky Balboa finds the champ in fighting form for the first time in years.
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Theatrical Release: Dec 20, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $70,147,850
Synopsis: ROCKY BALBOA, the sixth installment of the long-running film franchise, should amount to nothing more than a lame punch line to a TONIGHT SHOW monologue joke. However, just as his longtime corner man Paulie describes the Italian Stallion himself, this movie is all heart. Thirty years after... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Tarver, Burt Young, Milo Ventimiglia, Tony Burton
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Producer: William Chartoff, David Winkler, Robert Chartoff
Composer: Bill Conti
Producer: William Chartoff, David Winkler, Robert Chartoff
Composer: Bill Conti
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The old bastard's done it again. Sylvester Stallone has done with this film what his character does in the movie: he has come out and delivered that last fight that all fighters are supposed to have left in them.
02/16/07
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With "Rocky Balboa", Stallone's created the first real "sequel" to his original, a deserving bookend that recaptures that film's sense of character and realistic detail.
05/05/08
Stallone, now 60, has something in common with Rocky - he's an awkwardly bulked-up dinosaur, fighting to prove that the game hasn't passed him by. On that level, he succeeds.
04/10/08
There’s nothing particularly memorable here -- no profound triumphs or lasting rallying cries.
01/10/08
For a series that seemed out of gas decades ago, Rocky Balboa is a knock-out.
07/14/07
One of the best of 2006, and a wonderful last hurrah for a character that deserved a proper send-off...
07/10/07
Though technically the sixth in the series, this sure seems an awful lot like a remake of the first film in the storied franchise, as it somehow manages to tug at the heartstrings in a way likely to leave you wiping away tears afresh.
03/31/07
Rocky se retira con dignidad en este broche de oro de una saga que %u2013con sus puntos altos y bajos- debe considerarse un triunfo personal en la carrera de Sylvester Stallone.
03/29/07
Like its odds-defying hero, Rocky Balboa is the biggest surprise of the holiday season.
03/24/07
Equally heartfelt, equally moving, equally astute about the iconographies of movies and classic characters, Rocky Balboa -- and I hate to say it, but what can I say -- knocked me out.
03/01/07
This is a masterpiece of a sequel. And for the sixth entry in the series, that is really saying something. Sly, you've done it! The big guy goes out fighting.
02/17/07
Realizando seu melhor trabalho como diretor desde sua estréia na função no ótimo Rocky II, A Revanche, Sylvester Stallone volta sua atenção para o desenvolvimento dos personagens, alcançando ótimos resultados.
02/09/07
The ol’ lug can’t be blamed for wanting one last victory lap, but if you’ve got nothing to offer except benign nostalgia, just let the gloves stay on the glory-days shelf.
02/03/07
El mejor episodio desde aquella pelea del 76, tal vez porque no se parece en nada a los 4 últimos rounds.
01/27/07
To quote that great pugilist Terry Malloy, this is a one-way ticket to Palookaville.
01/27/07
The film meanders along this path for a long, slow while, a primitive soap opera dressed up as street poetry.
01/27/07
... saura satisfaire autant les fans inconditionnels de la série que les spectateurs qui auront bien voulu lui donner sa chance par simple curiosité
01/26/07
The unfortunate effect is that of an invisible angel of death hooking Rocky's mouth with a fishing line and implacably reeling him in.
01/20/07
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