I Play Rocky

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I Play Rocky

PG-13

In Theaters Nov 13

2h 8m

Drama

Biography

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The film is an electrifying true story about an unknown actor with an unshakable belief that he wasn't just meant to write Rocky--he was meant to be Rocky Balboa. Told "no" at every turn, Sylvester Stallone bets everything on himself, holding the line on playing the lead against seemingly impossible odds. The result is the ultimate underdog story behind the ultimate underdog movie.

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Peter Farrelly

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Anthony Ippolito

Sylvester Stallone

Matt Dillon

Frank Stallone Sr.

AnnaSophia Robb

Sasha

P.J. Byrne

Irwin Winkler

Toby Kebbell

Robert Chartoff

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Radheyan Simonpillai

Guardian

Sep 17, 2026

It’s all very amusing but I Play Rocky rarely has pathos in its corner. Save for some truly touching moments involving Stallone’s struggle to care for his dog Butkus, it’s often as emotionally vacant as Stallone’s stare.

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Eli Friedberg

Slant Magazine

Sep 17, 2026

1.5/4

Peter Farrelly’s film shows little interest in uncovering anything beneath the familiar surface of the Hollywood icon at its center.

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

Sep 15, 2026

2.5/4

As Stallone battles homelessness, finds love, and writes his way into a cultural phenomenon, Farrelly and his team land their punches in remarkably crowd-pleasing ways.

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Joe Schmidt

Polygon

3 days ago

This is a movie that deftly captures the painstaking journey to create something with meaning, even when you're struggling to figure out what that meaning is in the moment.

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Adam Courtliff

InSession Film

3 days ago

A-

I Play Rocky does a phenomenal job of harnessing that spirit without simply trying to replicate it, turning Stallone’s incredible journey into one of the most enjoyable rags-to-riches stories in recent memory.

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Max Covill

It's The Pictures

4 days ago

B-

It’s not as compelling as Rocky, but it doesn’t need to be. I Play Rocky will have audiences cheering all the same.

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Synopsis

The film is an electrifying true story about an unknown actor with an unshakable belief that he wasn't just meant to write Rocky--he was meant to be Rocky Balboa. Told "no" at every turn, Sylvester Stallone bets everything on himself, holding the line on playing the lead against seemingly impossible odds. The result is the ultimate underdog story behind the ultimate underdog movie.

Director: Peter Farrelly
Producer: Toby Emmerich, Christian Baha, Paul Currie, Peter Farrelly, Michele Weiss
Screenwriter: Peter Gamble
Distributor: Amazon MGM Studios
Production Co: Fireside Films, Baha Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Brief Sexual Material|Strong Language|Smoking)
Genre: Drama, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 13, 2026, Limited
Runtime: 2h 8m

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