pulling the feels…
pulling the feels…
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from 51 comments
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FUN
52
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
38
how much it moved you
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Read from 51 comments (48 from Metacritic, 3 from TMDB reviews) — 13 of them described how it moves.
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“the movie has a rocky beginning, as the dialogue is pretty clunky and awkward at times”
Nathan · TMDB reviews ↗
“But after about twenty minutes, the movie really gets into its groove and had me locked in till the end”
Nathan · TMDB reviews ↗
“The abrupt ending also bothered me.”
BEXROW · Metacritic ↗
“it started out slowly”
liamexe · Metacritic ↗
“a terrific dramatic end”
liamexe · Metacritic ↗
“The first half was very meandering and slow”
royalguy07 · Metacritic ↗
Read 25 Aug 2026 · confidence 100% · scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score · how this works
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“On paper, neither character may seem terribly appealing, but on the screen they steal your heart away, but completely...Not only did that last reel include some of the most wildly exciting fight footage ever put on the screen, but it also provided an emotionally gratifying capstone to a picture that is truly an ode to the human spirit.”
Staff [Not Credited], The Hollywood Reporter · 100
“By now, everyone knows who wins, but the scenes before the fight set us up for it so completely, so emotionally, that when it's over we've had it. We're drained.”
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times · 100
“The basic storyline has been done to death over the years; this is still one of the most effective and successful applications of the formula.”
James Berardinelli, ReelViews · 88
“Stallone is totally engaging Rocky playing him with a mixture of boyish intensity, lusty sensuality and cheerful innocence. And Shire is equally appealing, slowly blossoming into a vibrant young woman, and Burt Young seethes with anger as her embittered brother.”
Kathleen Carroll, New York Daily News · 80
“This is really Sly's movie as he slugs his way through a heartfelt performance and delivers some cracking punches, both literally and emotionally.”
Adam Smith, Empire · 80
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 24 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
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“the movie has a rocky beginning, as the dialogue is pretty clunky and awkward at times”
Nathanabout 0–15% inread it ↗
“But after about twenty minutes, the movie really gets into its groove and had me locked in till the end”
Nathanabout 15–100% inread it ↗
“This was the ultimate Rocky story wasn't it? It was inspiring with the training, it was inspiring with the fight, and it was about the characters and the characters are what makes a great story. The down side was Creed, he was a little under-developed in this wasn't he? They make up for it in Rocky II, III, and IV, but in Rocky he felt like a faceless nemesis didn't he? He was Mohamed Ali without real depth in this and the story could have used to develop him a little more in the first one”
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“Sylvester Stallone is "Rocky", an enforcer for a small-time Philadelphia mobster who works out in Burgess Meredith's gym ("Mickey's") and is keen on the sister of his friend "Paulie" (Burt Young), the shy and retiring "Adrian" (Talia Shire). Meantime, World Heavyweight Champion "Apollo Creed" (Carl Weathers) finds his impeding tilte defence kybsoshed by an injured challenger. At this point serendipity takes a hand and "Creed" decides to pluck a challenger from obscurity - and he chooses the "Ita”
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