Rocky III 1982

Vincent Canby, New York Times: Mr. Stallone, the star of Rocky III as well as its writer and director, is hard put to find problems with which to freight his gold mine of a character, now that Rocky has everything. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Learning, especially from Scorsese, in his approach to action and performance, writer/director/star Stallone has somehow contrived to make each of his movies into a more magnificent spectacle than the last. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: The real question with Rocky III was how Sylvester Stallone could twist the plot to make an interesting difference. He manages. Read more