Stallone and De Niro creak through an ageing boxing romp that should have been stopped in the first round
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As dumb movie pitches go, "Rocky meets Raging Bull in a retirement home" has a certain saleable charm. What a shame they actually had to go and make the movie, leaving us all to suffer through umpteen rounds of flabby, lacklustre "dramedy" that was probably much more fun on paper.
Money is the major incentive as two former big hitters agree to get back in the ring, and what's true onscreen surely applies offscreen too. De Niro drifts on autopilot through the creaky post-Last Vegas stodge, while Stallone (who looks better with his shirt off) exhibits zero romantic-comic timing, turning the central love triangle (of which Kim Basinger is a thankless third leg) into a circle solidly unsquared. Time to throw in the towel.
Source: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jan/26/grudge-match-review-mark-kermode
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