I know, I know, you're thinking, oh please, not Rocky again. I was thinking that too. Bob Mondello,NPR.org
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12/20/2006 @ 12:00 AM
As usual with Stallone's Rocky sequels, the schmaltz is unbearable, but the fight is plausibly handled, and Stallone's sincere sadness at growing older makes this an unexpectedly satisfying conclusion to the series. J. R. Jones,Chicago Reader
We're only one round into the film and Stallone is already slipping in the old flashbacks. Stephen Whitty,Newark Star-Ledger
Touchingly nostalgic, the sixth chapter in the saga of Sylvester Stallone's eternal underdog packs a far more powerful punch than anyone would have expected. Elizabeth Weitzman,New York Daily News
Rocky Balboa scores a split decision: A familiar start, some flat-footed middle rounds and a solid, flailing finish. Liam Lacey,Globe and Mail
The first four-fifths of the film is a meandering lead-up to the inevitable getting-in-shape montage, run up the steps and a big fight. Up until that point, all Rocky does is talk. And talk. And talk. Tom Long,Detroit News
Nothing that happens here is particularly touching, exciting or funny. Roger Moore,Orlando Sentinel
Stallone has said this is it for Rocky -- even if the film is major box office hit, there will be no seventh outing. If that's the case, it's hard to think of a better sendoff. James Berardinelli,ReelViews
It's just good to see the guy, and it's good to revisit the character. And that's everything good to be said for the experience. Mick LaSalle,San Francisco Chronicle
Shamelessly nostalgic, strenuously formulaic and utterly bereft of unforeseen developments, Rocky Balboa nevertheless has its modest charms. Geoff Pevere,Toronto Star
I gotta admit that I had a pretty good time watching this 94th film in a series that started 30 years ago. Joe Morgenstern,Wall Street Journal
There were titters, yes. But to this viewer, sentimentality won by a knockout. Desson Thomson,Washington Post
It's actually the best Rocky movie since the original -- a fitting and triumphant final chapter for one of the most iconic characters in the history of motion pictures. Richard Roeper,Chicago Sun-Times
Rocky Balboa isn't a response to Stallone's late-life crisis, it is his late-life crisis, right up there on the screen. Ty Burr,Boston Globe
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12/19/2006 @ 12:00 AM
What sounds absurd in print -- a 60-year-old Balboa gets back in the ring with the reigning heavyweight champ -- is thoroughly, satisfyingly enjoyable on-screen. Terry Lawson,Detroit Free Press
Even as Sylvester Stallone's long goodbye to the heroic underdog who made him famous descends from pathos into silliness, and from fairy tale into hallucination, you can't help liking the big galoot. Andrew O'Hehir,Salon.com
Rocky still has some life left in him, and so does the franchise. As Rocky himself might have said, who wouldda thunk? Claudia Puig,USA Today
