Creed III
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: March 3, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 62 Critic Reviews
Positive:
51
Mixed:
11
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeMar 7, 2023
Jordan is doing double duty here, directing as well as starring in this solidly by-numbers chapter in the ongoing Creed saga. He does a workmanlike job – the fight sequences are thrillingly visceral, but his weakness for cheesy montages and the film’s formulaic screenplay ensure that the picture was never going to take the franchise anywhere new. Read full review
60
CineVueChristopher MachellMar 7, 2023
The screenplay balances the big narrative beats that this kind of broad crowd pleaser demands, along with posing more difficult social questions to which there are no easy answers. Read full review
60
Rolling StoneK. Austin CollinsMar 3, 2023
Creed III is very much a boxing movie. But it’s got a gnarled, contingent conflict at its center that’s a little too knowing for the movie not to have a little more than usual on its mind. Read full review
60
The New YorkerRichard BrodyMar 2, 2023
Creed III makes clear that Jordan, in directing and starring, has serious matters, personal and professional and societal, in mind. But the movie, produced as one briskly overpacked feature, doesn’t allow him enough time to explore them. Read full review
60
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeMar 2, 2023
Michael B Jordan, who bossed the previous two rounds as Adonis Creed, shuffles behind the camera for a film that intersperses soapy sentiment with first-class acting duels. Read full review
60
Time OutKambole CampbellFeb 27, 2023
There’s enough excitement and heart in its familiar pleasures and fresher twists on the franchise’s sports-movie thrills, showing that it has plenty of fight in it even without the rehashed Rocky myths. Read full review
60
Screen DailyTim GriersonFeb 23, 2023
As a director, Jordan has produced polished, briskly paced entertainment but what’s disappointing is that, quite often, Creed III hints at being something more. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeFeb 23, 2023
In the spirit of its predecessors, Creed III gears audiences up for a fight of the century: The battle between Adonis and Damian is billed as one between an underdog and a man with nothing to lose. But the implications of those categories are murky and unsettling. Read full review
58
The PlaylistCharles BramescoFeb 23, 2023
This prodigal son’s reappearance ignites a rivalry a little Biblical and a little Shakespearean, though their macho melodrama hews most closely to the flavor of screenwriterly contrivance. Read full review
50
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottFeb 28, 2023
Jordan manages to squeeze a decent amount of drama from the obligatory third-act showdown, but even then, his reach exceeds his grasp, with a display of misplaced arthouse ambition. Read full review
50
Movie NationFeb 23, 2023
This is a humorless, dry retread of the lesser, later “Rocky” movies, a molehill of a tale for our boxing titans to climb. Read full review
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