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Janet Maslin, New York Times: A sloppy but good-natured reminder of just what it is that has kept Rocky Balboa afloat for 14 years. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: The dramatic moves are so obvious and shopworn that not even the star's mournful basset-hound expressions can redeem them. Read more
Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Whereas the first and far superior Rocky had real heart, this tries and fails to have brains. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Despite Stallone's bantamweight attempts to insert, like, character into the fifth Rocky, it's the same old fight with the same old round of regulars. Read more
Rita Kempley, Washington Post: In Rock V, the underdog is officially diagnosed as 'brain damaged.' Yo. So what else is new? Read more