Rocky

As mentioned in other reviews, there is a very problematic scene between Adrian and Rocky. They are in his apartment and she says several times that she's uncomfortable and wants to leave. He corners her and kisses her, and she finally succumbs to desire. This is meant to show how Rocky is a great guy who overcomes a timid girl's resistance. But, as my husband (who is a criminal law professor) said, Rocky's behaviour constitutes sexual assault under the law. The scene was obviously written by a man who does not understand the power dynamics between men and women. Boys who watch this and emulate this behaviour can get into a lot of trouble, and girls may also absorb dangerous messages from this scene. A child watching it this movie needs someone to explain to them that Rocky's behaviour is not acceptable, and that women would not react the way that Adrian does in this movie. Her reaction to his kiss is a fabrication that perpetuates dangerous myths about women. As another reviewer said, we need to teach our boys that no means no. This movie does the opposite. Please beware.

We're usually on the permisive side and let our 11 years old kid see movies rated for 12 years old. But in this movie there are several things that we think are better suited for 13 years old minds. They say whore several times, talk about girls that are whores if they are in the street with young men. 12 years old teenagers are drinking in the street, there's a lot of swearing too. But for me the worst part is the violence against women that is displayed in several scenes, in different degrees: not only verbal but also with violence, and not only from Rocky's friend but also from Rocky that forces her in several negative ways: not letting her leaving his appartment when she tries to, and somewhat forcing her be kissed by him: all behaviors that have been proven to be sexual violence. With a 13 years old, that knows more about sex and about sexual behaviour and what can a cannot be accepted is possible to explain the innapropiate behaviours they are seeing, and can better understand what is going on. The movie is also very slow for 11 years old with the boxing action just at the beggining (5 minutes) and at end of the film (15 minutes). Our kid was absolutely bored.

Too much violence and blood.

This is a fantastic movie that every child should watch in their life time, it's a definite must see and it has a great message and a great role model (Rocky). There's no inappropriateness except for one long kissing scene, and a bit of violence while boxing but other than that it's a must see for everybody!

While some households are not fond of boxing or fightsports, myself and all of my children train and compete in various fightsports including Jiu Jitsu, Boxing, Muay Thai and Fencing. There are many families whose particular sporting enthusiasms include these kinds of hobbies. I love watching this first Rocky movie with all of my children who compete - and in fact, regardless of what sport or hobby your child competes in this message may be beneficial to them - because Rocky's goal isn't even to win. At the end of the film, his "moral victory" as some would call it is simply the fact that he held his own for the entire bout, and never got knocked out. He faced unbelieveable odds and came away from that having been weighed, measured and not found wanting. It is - and all of the Rocky films really are - about heart. Some parents may consider some of the scenes to be violent, which is their prerogative, but personally in our home we do not consider it "violence" as it is two people mutually engaging in a sporting event. Violence is something predatory, ugly and a little bit different. So for our home, this movie is great for all of my children from ages 5 and up; and I have seen very positive influences on my childrens' attitudes as competitors come from watching this family favorite.

Not mentioned in the Common Sense review: This movie has multiple uses of "GD". The main character is very immature.

This is a classic movie. Unfortunately the language listed does not include the multiple uses of GD in this movie. We try to avoid movies that use God’s name in vain so this was a huge disappointment.

I would absolutely recommend this, my kids have seen it. Some mild violence..but its boxing. I'm seeing a lot of reviews that want to make Adrian and Rocky relationship, and how it develops "problematic" it's really not. In fact that's a lesson that's much needed that both boys AND girls can learn from this movie , that sometimes we do need the persistence of others and support of others, to bring us out of our shell, and help us be the best version of ourselves.

Amazing shots good acting and boxing the best sport in my opinion but not the best rocky film in my opinion 9/10