Grudge Match
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: December 25, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
17
Negative:
12
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenDec 24, 2013
Grudge Match never settles on the movie it wants to be, wavering uncertainly between a jokey old-guys comedy and something more dramatic and heartfelt. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTom RussoDec 25, 2013
Stallone and De Niro simply don’t generate enough combative spark to make this anything more than an amiably mediocre diversion. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubDec 25, 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. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliDec 25, 2013
On balance, I think I'd rather have seen Rocky 15. Read full review
50
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallDec 25, 2013
This Grudge Match is winners take all and losers bought tickets. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandDec 24, 2013
Even though it's all preliminaries, no main event, Grudge Match is harmless enough as entertainment. Just not as harmless as its poor protagonists. Read full review
50
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreDec 24, 2013
It’s perfectly passable holiday entertainment for people who dated during the “Rocky” and “Raging Bull” era. Just don’t expect this Grudge Match to be much of a challenge. Read full review
50
Washington PostStephanie MerryDec 24, 2013
Luckily, a strong supporting cast makes up for the protagonists’ tepid interactions. The brilliant duo of Kevin Hart and Alan Arkin steal the show. Read full review
50
The PlaylistKimber MyersDec 23, 2013
While it’s an occasionally funny film with good performances from its stars, it’s poorly and cheaply made. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineSteve MacfarlaneDec 22, 2013
It will come as a surprise to none that Grudge Match is so wantonly clichéd that to watch it is to explore the outer perimeters of one's own tolerance for a specific type of feel-good sports film. Read full review
40
Total FilmCurtis WoloschukJan 21, 2014
Rather than getting us on the ropes and landing some telling blows, Grudge Match keeps its distance and tosses meek jabs. Cheap sentimentality can’t disguise the crashing cynicism on display. Read full review
40
EmpireNick de SemlyenJan 20, 2014
An idea that must have sounded good on paper looks a lot less smart on the screen. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriJan 5, 2014
The result is maybe more interesting than we might have expected, but it’s not particularly funny. Read full review
40
Time OutEric HynesDec 25, 2013
Even by low standards, Grudge Match is astonishingly undercooked. Read full review
40
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlDec 24, 2013
Segal's gearbox gets jammed between recession-era sports drama and brainless comedy, especially as Hart hollers pop-culture punch lines like he's the squirrel sidekick in a CGI kiddo flick. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzDec 24, 2013
This is a wretched movie, trading on characters we revere, yet doing nothing to honor them. Director Peter Segal tries everything he can to recapture the magic of the earlier movies, but to no avail. It’s all rather sad. Read full review
40
VarietyAndrew BarkerDec 23, 2013
Essentially recasting “Grumpy Old Men” with the senescent specters of Rocky Balboa and Jake LaMotta, the result is sporadically amusing, with some chucklesome sight gags and crowdpleasing supporting turns from Alan Arkin and Kevin Hart, yet it’s all so overcooked that it defeats its own purpose. Read full review
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