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Mood:
- SincereTouchingFeel GoodGloomyCaptivatingUplifting
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- Athlete's LifeTough HeroesUnderdogContests and CompetitionsAgingAmbitionHopesHuman Spirit more...
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- DramaSport
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- PhiladelphiaUrban Ghetto
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- Boys' NightTeensFamily Outing
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- BlockbusterCritically Acclaimed
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- Orchestral
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Rocky Balboa , 2006
English, Spanish
USA
Profile of Rocky Balboa
The mood of Rocky Balboa is sincere, touching, and uplifting. The plot centers around aging, the life of an athlete, and underdogs. It is a drama and sports movie. In approach, Rocky Balboa is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in an urban ghetto. The setting is Philadelphia. Rocky Balboa happens in contemporary times. The musical score is orchestral. The movie is known for being a blockbuster and critically acclaimed. Rocky Balboa is especially suggested for teens, a boys' night, and a family outing. Note that it includes violent content and profanity.
Summary of Rocky Balboa
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 Sylvester Stallone first introduced the underdog backroom brawler from Philadelphia in the Oscar-winning ROCKY, Rocky Balboa returns for one last dance. Speculation as to whether Balboa, in his prime, would have been able to defeat lackluster champ Mason "The Line" Dixon spurs Dixon's management to set up an exhibition fight between the two. That Balboa is in his 50s in the film and wouldn't be sanctioned to fight anyone, let alone a man 30 years his junior and in the prime of life, must be left up to the viewer's ability to suspend disbelief. To its credit, however, the movie addresses at every turn the insanity of a man approaching 60 getting back into a boxing ring, and Balboa's impassioned explanation of his motivations is just believable enough to give all other improbabilities a free pass.
Though it may sound like faint praise, this is the best ROCKY movie since the original. It's very much a love letter to Philadelphia, and Stallone, who wrote and directed the movie, shoots everything with an unflinching eye that humanizes the mean streets of the City of Brotherly Love and evokes the gritty dignity of the original film. And while Burt Young's cantankerous Paulie and Tony Burton's Duke both return, Talia Shire, sadly, does not reprise her role as the beloved Adrian. It's revealed early in the film that Adrian has died of cancer, and it's the pain of that tragedy that ultimately fuels Rocky. Boxing as a metaphor for life is certainly nothing new, but Stallone makes a legitimate contribution to the tradition with ROCKY BALBOA. Life hits harder than any man can, and one's ability to keep getting up until the final bell rings is the true measure of self. Corny? Perhaps. But when Bill Conti's legendary score kicks in and Rocky starts pounding the heavy bag, the metaphor feels truly profound.
Details
| Language: | English, Spanish |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 20 December 2006 |
| Runtime: | 102 min |
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as Rocky Balboa
as Mason 'The Line' Dixon
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Critics Reviews
Chicago Tribune
The movie itself, defying all odds, comes close to a knockout.
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- by: Michael Wilmington
TV Guide
A deep and astonishingly authentic streak of melancholy runs through this fifth sequel to the 1976 sleeper that made both struggling actor Sylvester Stallone and hard-luck slugger Rocky Balboa international stars.
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- by: Maitland McDonagh
Users Reviews
Still not as good as the original and they were smart not to name it Rocky VI, but all around a good movie. If your a Rocky fan, you'll like it. Stallone is in great shape for his age and I think he actually spoke a little clearer then usual
- 07.October.2009
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- by: Justinlf84
- Justinlf84 rated this movie
0/10
WHY BOTHER MAKING ANOTHER ROCKY MOVIE? I watched this with some-one who said just that. I rented it with no big expectations. Well we both really enjoyed the film and it did what some films cant do and thats entertain you for the night. The film is...
- 23.March.2009
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- by: prozac pop
- prozac pop rated this movie
8/10Great
