Grudge Match
The story revolves around retired boxers Billy 'The Kid' McGuigan and Henry 'Razor' Sharp, lifelong bitter rivals who are coaxed out of retirement and into the ring for one final grudge match -- 50 years after their last title fight.
3 April 1977, West Linn, Oregon, USA
16 February 1938, New York City, New York, USA
17 September 1981, Van Nuys, California, USA
8 December 1953, Athens, Georgia, USA
6 July 1946, New York City, New York, USA
2 November 1944, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
26 November 1956, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
24 July 1965, Brooklyn, New York, USA
May 12, 2014
"(Not only) is this sports comedy poorly timed, it has more than just a whiff of desperation, both on the part of its remaining cast and the filmmaker."
December 26, 2013
This one probably never could have been a contender.
December 26, 2013
Stick with your memories of Rocky Balboa and Jake La Motta, because "Grudge Match" isn't a fight worth fighting.
April 09, 2014
Grudge Match certainly has enough successful elements to be moderately entertaining, although it's hard not to wish it contained fewer distractions.
March 07, 2017
Somewhat formulaic, but a lot of fun regardless.
January 03, 2014
By the time Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro start training for the big match -- it's called Grudgment Day -- you give in because, surprisingly, both actors have reported for duty, especially De Niro.
December 26, 2013
Pleasant but underwhelming, it feels like something that belongs on the undercard, never reaching the heights of a main event.
June 21, 2016
A story that's so on-the-nose that it appears to be following some predetermined rubric of what constitutes success for a sports comeback flick.
April 07, 2014
I do have to marvel at the way Stallone has always been able to make himself the underdog. This is a massive monster of a man who should by any account be the Goliath to any movie's David, yet he's always able to play vulnerable.
December 26, 2013
The jokes are clumsy, the dramatic scenes stale and lifeless; like the climactic bout, the movie itself is a freak show, a fantasy matchup between two icons with nothing better to do than spend down their legacies.
April 08, 2014
If you're from my generation, it's worth checking out for the nostalgia factor, even if much of the film will be lost on the younger generation.
December 26, 2013
"Grudge Match" at its core is an affront to the cinema gods, an attempt to capitalize off two iconic films for a few cheap laughs.
